For centuries, scientific progress has depended on more precise tools for measuring the world around us. Galileo’s telescope ...

Assigning ends of the system the standard experimental nicknames of Alice and Bob, the task required Alice to create a ...

The world’s best clocks may be sensitive to an odd mix of quantum and relativistic effects that would stretch time and test ...

The researchers warn that cost and complexity will be major barriers, especially for smaller institutions. Early adoption may ...

In an article published in Communications Physics, researchers from the Université libre de Bruxelles and the Institute for ...

But Luis Jauregui’s work, which might power quantum computers needed for long-range space exploration, also shows how basic ...

Astrophysicist Paul Sutter explains Quantum Mechanics - the body of scientific laws that describe the wacky behavior of photons, electrons and the other particles that make up the universe.

The world of quantum physics has once again astounded us with a groundbreaking discovery: a new state of quantum matter that can exist in multiple states simultaneously. This revelation not only ...

In January I wrote a piece titled “ 5 Physics Equations Everyone Should Know .” Lots of you weighed in with your own ...

The measurement problem in quantum mechanics looks at how an experimental outcome changes, simply by observing it.

What is the meaning of life? Even the best of us couldn't hope to answer that question in a Universe Today article. But there ...

When you shine a flashlight into a glass of water, the beam bends. That simple observation, familiar since ancient times, ...