Quantum superposition is a phenomenon in which a tiny particle can be in two states at the same time — but only if it is not ...

After netting the world’s highest-paying science award, preeminent theoretical physicist Gerard ’t Hooft reflects on his ...

Explore the key moments in the history of quantum theory, from the early ideas of Albert Einstein and Werner Heisenberg to the discovery of phenomena like superposition and entanglement – and today’s ...

A team of Rice University researchers reported the first direct observation of a surprising quantum phenomenon predicted over ...

A stand-out example of quantum weirdness is turning out to be surprisingly useful, as Margaret Harris explains ...

Quantum entanglement with a twist. There are different ways to entangle a photon. This can happen through the direction in ...

Researchers say they discovered observational evidence of string theory, which could turn everything we know about the ...

Physicists have proposed a new model of space-time that may provide the 'first observational evidence supporting string ...

Schrödinger’s cat, the infamous thought experiment involving a cat that can be alive and dead at the same time, has been ...

Quantum principles provide an intriguing analogy for understanding complexity, uncertainty and interconnectedness, offering ...

A popular hypothesis suggests it arises from quantum fluctuations in the vacuum, similar to those seen in the electromagnetic field. Yet, when physicists attempted to compute the expansion rate ...