A new quantum recipe for black holes could be the first step toward a theory of "quantum gravity", the "holy grail" of ...

Just over 200 years after French engineer and physicist Sadi Carnot formulated the second law of thermodynamics, an international team of researchers has unveiled an analogous law for the quantum ...

Part of our International Year of Quantum Science and Technology coverage More than 300 top quantum physicists gathered ...

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Quantum philosophy: 4 ways physics will challenge your reality. Let us take you on a brief tour of the world, according to quantum mechanics. ... No matter where we start with quantum theory, ...

For over 100 years, two theories have shaped our understanding of the universe: quantum mechanics and Einstein’s general ...

Quantum physics reveals that what we perceive as solid matter is not "material" in the traditional sense. Instead, matter and ...

Researchers at Aalto University have developed a new quantum theory of gravity which describes gravity in a way that's compatible with the standard model of particle physics, opening the door to ...

Quantum chromodynamics, the theory of the strong nuclear force that is one of the underpinnings of the standard model of particle physics, emerged from attempts to bring order to a zoo of newly ...

A century since Werner Heisenberg changed the course of physics, five of the world's leading physicists examine the greatest achievements of quantum mechanics and look forward to the next 100 ...