In theory, a quantum computer could perform calculations vastly more quickly than today’s conventional computers.

Amazon, IBM, Google, Intel and Microsoft are all working on quantum technology. Governments around the world have also ...

Our bodies are always moving, even when we don’t realize it. We churn through a solar system on a wobbly planet, stand upon ...

A study, led by the University of Portsmouth, has achieved unprecedented precision in detecting tiny shifts in light ...

A new study has achieved unprecedented precision in detecting tiny shifts in light displacements at the nanoscale. This is relevant for example in the characterisation of birefringent materials and in ...

Quantum computers have the potential to solve complex problems that would be impossible for the most powerful classical ...

The ability to conduct heat is one of the most fundamental properties of matter, crucial for engineering applications. Scientists know well how conventional materials, such as metals and insulators, ...

A study led by the University of Portsmouth has achieved unprecedented precision in detecting tiny shifts in light ...

Last year, an enormous map of the cosmos hinted that the engine driving cosmic expansion might be sputtering. Now physicists ...

Neutrinos may be the key to quantum gravity, potentially leading to a unified theory combining quantum mechanics and general relativity.

Scientists have discovered a revolutionary way to control superconductivity by twisting ultra-thin layers of a ...

Physicists have long been fascinated by the concept of symmetry breaking, a fundamental principle in physical sciences that ...