For over a century, the Maxwell’s Demon paradox has haunted physics. This thought experiment suggests that a tiny, ...

Quantum physics underlies technologies from the laser to the smartphone. The International Year of Quantum marks a century of scientific developments.

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Researchers at Oxford University have used an innovative approach to overcome the scalability problem of quantum computing, ...

The efficient conversion of solar energy into storable forms of chemical energy is the dream of many engineers. Nature found ...

In a first, US researchers have observed fractional excitons, a new class of quantum particles, that were only theoretically ...

The world of quantum physics is experiencing a second revolution, which will drive an exponential leap in the progress of ...

Physics: Current Generated by the Quantum Hall Effect Has Additional Magnetic Properties Dec. 17, 2024 — The quantum Hall effect, a fundamental effect in quantum mechanics, not only generates an ...

The quantum revolution is advancing technology, and new experimental equipment from the University of Barcelona helps ...

Keck Foundation, Mahdi Hosseini and Selim Shahriar aim to build and test an ultra-sensitive optomechanical system to determine whether quantum mechanics ... and computer engineering at Northwestern ...

Classical and quantum mechanics don’t really get along as ... This strange fact flies in the face of classical physics, and even led Albert Einstein to famously describe this quantum quirk ...