quantum mechanics
The Einstein-Bohr legacy: can we ever figure out what quantum theory means?
Quantum theory has weird implications. Trying to explain them just makes things weirder.
Is human consciousness creating reality?
Is the physical universe independent from us, or is it created by our minds, as suggested by scientist Robert Lanza?
Does quantum mechanics favor Buddhist philosophy?
No. But Buddhism and quantum mechanics have much to teach each other.
Physicists push limits of Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
New studies stretch the boundaries of physics, achieving quantum entanglement in larger systems.
Beam me up? The paradoxes and potential of human teleportation
How close are we to human teleportation? Successes in quantum teleportation experiments abound.
MIT’s extremely precise new atomic clock can help detect dark matter
Researchers from MIT invent a highly accurate clock using quantum entanglement that can lead to new physics.
In quantum entanglement first, scientists link distant large objects
Physicists create quantum entanglement, making two distant objects behave as one.
Universe works like a cosmological neural network, argues new paper
Controversial physics theory says reality around us behaves like a computer neural network.
Ultracold gas exhibits bizarre quantum behavior
New experiments find weird quantum activity in supercold gas.
New invention promises quantum internet that can’t be hacked
Breakthrough technology uses multiplexing entanglement to make an ultra-secure quantum internet.
New hypothesis argues the universe simulates itself into existence
A physics paper proposes neither you nor the world around you are real.
Breakthrough in creation of gamma ray lasers that use antimatter
Superpowerful lasers for next-generation technologies are closer to existence.
10 great physics courses you can take online right now, for free
Here are 10 physics courses you can take now with some of the best experts in the world.
Strange quantum effect found in an exotic superconductor
Researchers discovered a mysterious quantum effect that breaks a 60-year-old physics theorem.
Scientists find a new way to measure gravity
Researchers develop a novel method to measure gravity that can get much more information.
“Game changer” superconductor discovered to power future computers
Scientists from John Hopkins find a material for quantum computing.
Quantum Darwinism, which may explain our reality, passes tests
A mind-bending physics theory may explain why we have one reality instead of many.
Why the number 137 is one of the greatest mysteries in physics
Famous physicists like Richard Feynman think 137 holds the answers to the Universe.
Revised Schrödinger’s cat experiment challenges reality
A classic experiment gets an update that contradicts key assumptions of quantum mechanics.
You thought quantum mechanics was weird: check out entangled time
What if entanglement also occurs across time? Is there such a thing as temporal nonlocality?
Could an updated Feynman experiment finally lead to a Theory of Everything?
Measuring quantum gravity has proven extremely challenging, stymying some of the greatest minds in physics for generations.
Why a ‘genius’ scientist thinks our consciousness originates at the quantum level
Do our minds have quantum structures that give rise to consciousness? Sir Roger Penrose, one of the world's most famous scientists, believes this and can explain how he thinks it works.
Researchers Discover Excitonium – a Weird New Form of Matter
Researchers create a new form of matter, first theorized 50 years ago.
A New Hypothesis Suggests That Parallel Universes Might Interact after All
A new conception of quantum mechanics rests on the idea that parallel universes exist, and that they interact with our own to create weird and wonderful quantum phenomena.
How Physicists Smashed the Quantum Light Measurement Limit
How precise can measurements get? Imagine accurately measuring a quartz crystal with merely a few photons.
Weird Quantum Discovery Says Pushing Particles Forward Can Make Them Go Backward
Scientists discover a counterintuitive property of quantum particles called "backflow".
Scientists Make a Breakthrough in Teleportation
Chinese scientists accomplish the feat of teleporting a photon to a satellite hundreds of miles above Earth.
A new quantum theory predicts that the future could be influencing the past
A new study challenges what we understand about the workings of time.
Why Searching for a Theory of Everything Is Better Than Finding It
Will we ever have a Theory of Everything? Theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss isn't sure that's the right question to be asking.
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What happens up there directly affects life down here. From star-gazing to quantum mechanics, astronomy is one of humanity's great thruster engines of innovation.
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