Nearly half a century ago, physicists proposed that the universe might be trapped in a metastable state known as a false vacuum. This state appears stable but could, over immense timescales, ...

When atoms collide, their exact structure—for example, the number of electrons they have or even the quantum spin of their ...

Scientists are racing to develop new materials for quantum technologies in computing and sensing for ultraprecise ...

Physicists are challenging long-held beliefs about time, suggesting it may not be a fundamental aspect of reality but rather ...

The approach, called the Beryllium Electron capture in Superconducting Tunnel junctions experiment (BeEST) works because the ...

Scientists have developed a groundbreaking atom interferometer capable of amplifying faint signals by 1,000 times — making it ...

The quantum computing industry is at a critical inflection point as it transitions from research labs to commercial ...

Quantum calculations amount to sophisticated estimates. But in 1931, Hans Bethe intuited precisely how a chain of particles ...

Quantum computing matures but relies on academia and government. Industry competition grows, AI diverts focus, market projected to surpass $10B by 2045.