What makes something quantum? This question has kept a small but dedicated fraction of the world's population—most of them ...

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney have proven that ...

A technology once feared too error-prone to underlie a quantum computer is hitting the big time.

Quantum calculations amount to sophisticated estimates. But in 1931, Hans Bethe intuited precisely how a chain of particles ...

Quantum spin 1Professor Valerio Scarani (left) and Mr Lin Htoo Zaw (right) flanking a spinning 'wheel of fortune'. (Photo: ...

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new technique for measuring the quantum state of electrons ejected ...

A new method finally reveals the full quantum identity of electrons, offering insights that could transform material science ...

Researchers at UNSW have successfully materialized a famous quantum thought experiment. Their findings pave the way for more ...

What if time is not as fixed as we thought? Imagine that instead of flowing in one direction -- from past to future -- time could flow forward or backward due to processes taking place at the quantum ...

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