Many governments and tech companies are investing heavily in quantum technologies. In New Zealand, the recently announced ...

ggQuantumMechanics-cm-0725,ph1 A quantum processor, for a quantum computer, with three quantum bits (qubits) and three read-out cavities, fabricated in May 2017 at the Nanofabrication Laboratory at ...

Assistant Professor Julian Léonard at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA). Léonard explains how his group can view the quantum interactions between individual atoms under an optical ...

Photosynthesis and other natural processes depend on energy moving quickly and efficiently across molecules. When sunlight strikes a leaf, energy races across protein structures before it can be ...

The theory of quantum mechanics has transformed daily life since being proposed a century ago, yet how it works remains a mystery—and physicists are deeply divided about what is actually going on, a ...

This year is the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, according to UNESCO, marking 100 years since quantum mechanics was proposed. The theory hardly needed the extra publicity, though ...

For centuries philosophers have grappled with the question of what makes life, and thanks to the science of quantum mechanics we might just have the answer, writes Johnjoe McFadden. What is life? Why ...

Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity, general relativity, is famously incomplete. As proven by physics Nobel laureate Roger Penrose, when matter collapses under its own gravitational pull, the result ...

Was there ever any choice in the Universe being as it is? Albert Einstein could have been wondering about this when he remarked to mathematician Ernst Strauss: “What I’m really interested in is ...

Jim Al-Khalili receives funding for his research from various bodies: UK funding agencies (EPSRC, STFC), trusts and charities (Leverhulme Trust, John Templeton Foundation). These funds are used to pay ...

A wild theory suggests that consciousness may explain quantum mechanics, by forcing the subatomic particles to choose one concrete outcome. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...