Once a baffling theory, quantum mechanics has evolved into a driving force behind modern technology and frontier research.

Some quantum cryptographers want to find ways to keep messages secret even if the rules of quantum mechanics don’t hold. The ...

Quantum technologies like quantum computers are built from quantum materials. These types of materials exhibit quantum properties when exposed to the right conditions. Curiously, engineers can also ...

The use of a quantum-inspired algorithm to calculate the unworkably vast potential properties of quantum materials is an ...

Quantum theory explains the behavior of matter and energy at the smallest scales, like atoms and subatomic particles. Unlike ...

Quantum technologies have long underpinned modern foundational technologies, including lasers, atomic clocks, transistors, and semiconductor devices. Today, advancements in quantum information science ...

“For two years, I was looking at flat lines,” physicist Sebastian Pedalino recalled of a stubborn detector that refused to show anything but noise. The evening when the signal at last expanded out ...

Scientists uncovered a quantum spin liquid, a state of matter that may have applications for quantum information. (Nanowerk News) The blue-green lab-grown crystals look like solid rocks, but their ...