At the smallest scales of matter, nature behaves in ways that feel almost counterintuitive. Individual particles follow simple rules, but when they interact together, entirely new behaviors can ...

At the smallest scales of nature, the rules of the world shift in ways that can feel unsettling and beautiful at the same ...

Are the mysteries of quantum mechanics finally starting to crack, or are we just getting better at asking sharper questions? Since the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics honored experiments on quantum ...

Physicists in Leiden have built a microscope that can measure no fewer than four key properties of a material in a single ...

An experiment measuring a single atom's recoil confirmed that observing a particle destroys interference, settling the ...

A new theoretical framework shows how subtle fluctuations in spacetime could be detected using existing interferometers.

Physicists have long recognized the value of photonic graph states in quantum information processing. However, the difficulty ...

Once considered an oddity of quantum physics, time crystals could be a good building block for accurate clocks and sensors, ...

Physicists at Heidelberg University have developed a new theory that finally unites two long-standing and seemingly ...

European scientists discover a new state of quantum matter in CeRu4Sn6 that challenges physics and changes our view of the universe.

A laser-written glass chip shows how fragile quantum signals can be decoded with high stability and low loss, offering a new ...

Physicists have coaxed particles of light into undergoing opposite transformations simultaneously, like a human turning into a werewolf as the werewolf turns into a human. In carefully engineered ...