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 ...

Quantum physics paints a strange picture of the world, one filled with spooky connections, unsettling uncertainties ...

An MIT research team has observed a previously unseen form of magnetism, one that sits outside the familiar categories of ferromagnets and antiferromagnets. The discovery, termed p-wave magnetism, ...

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

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

Quantum physics may sound abstract, but Ph.D. candidates Kirsten Kanneworff and David Dechant show that quantum research can also be very concrete. Together, they are investigating how quantum ...

Quantum timekeeping has reached a new threshold, with trapped-ion clocks now accurate to the 19th decimal place and a separate line of theoretical work suggesting that time crystals, exotic quantum ...

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

Physicists saw excitons, a type of quasiparticle, undergo a reversible phase transition from superfluid to supersolid for the first time, opening new doors for studying extreme states of matter.

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

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 ...