The fifth state of matter—the ultracold Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC)—has been an invaluable tool in unlocking the secrets ...

When quantum particles work together, they can produce signals far stronger than any one particle could generate alone. This ...

Take, for instance, quantum entanglement, which says that the state of one particle can be determined by examining the state ...

Quantum chaos used to be the kind of phrase that made experimental physicists wince, a shorthand for fragile devices going ...

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three scientists-Dr. John Clarke (Professor Emeritus, University of California ...

Physicists have long relied on elegant theorems to connect the abstract math of quantum theory with the tangible behavior of ...

As the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology draws to a close, Margaret Harris revisits some of the year’s ...

Every year, Santa Claus races around the globe in a matter of hours to bring presents to children all over the world.

A rewarding book that offers a cogent look at the science’s history and the second quantum revolution that’s under way ...

More than 200 years ago, Count Rumford showed that heat isn’t a mysterious substance but something you can generate endlessly ...

An experiment with ultracold atoms reveals that a strongly driven quantum system doesn’t always heat up as expected. In daily ...

All three winners of today’s 2025 Nobel Prize in physics are faculty at the University of California. The Nobel Prize committee honored John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis “for the ...