The world of quantum physics is already mysterious, but what happens when that strange realm of subatomic particles is put ...

An international team of scientists has observed a never-before-seen exotic phase of matter on a quantum processor using ...

Quantum mechanics theory predicts that, in addition to exhibiting particle-like behavior, particles of all sizes can also ...

A survey of Scientific American’s century of quantum coverage helps explain the enduring popularity of strange physics ...

One hundred years after its birth, quantum mechanics remains one of the most powerful and successful theories in all of ...

A silent symphony is playing inside your brain right now as neurological pathways synchronize in an electromagnetic chorus that's thought to give rise to consciousness. Yet how various circuits ...

In the everyday world that humans experience, objects behave in a predictable way, explained by classical physics. One of the important aspects of classical physics is that nothing, not even ...

Researchers created a strange quantum crystal from a material found in smartphones—the first of its kind visible to the naked ...

When mathematicians revived ignored mathematical structures, they found that overlooked particles, called "neglectons," could ...

The mere mention of “quantum consciousness” makes most physicists cringe, as the phrase seems to evoke the vague, insipid musings of a New Age guru. But if a new hypothesis proves to be correct, ...

Four decades ago, physicists were theorizing that the mind-bending mechanics of quantum physics could be harnessed to make a new kind of computer that’s exponentially more powerful than conventional ...

Theoretical physicists have proposed a potential solution to one of the most puzzling problems in modern physics: the black hole singularity paradox. By modifying Einstein's theory of general ...