Using a conventional computer and cutting-edge mathematical tools and code, physicists at the Center for Computational ...

A new experiment confirms that photons passing through a cloud of atoms can spend a negative amount of time there, and the ...

It's one thing to dream up a quantum internet that could send hacker-proof information around the world via photons superimposed in different quantum states. It's quite another to physically show it's ...

This article is part of a package on the future of quantum computing. Read about the most promising applications of these ...

When a singer belts out a tune while a guitar player strums along, sound waves travel through the air, driving collective oscillations of the molecules within. Meanwhile, at the quantum level, ...

The idea that everything that exists can be built from the bottom up has long held sway among physicists. Now, a new kind of science is under construction that centres conscious experience – and might ...

Quantum computers promise to solve problems that would overwhelm even the world’s fastest supercomputers. They could help ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. This year is the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, according to ...

Experiments hint that quantum mechanisms are vital to the machinery of life. Now researchers are exploring if these effects ...