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

A collaborative effort in quantum research from scientists at The University of Leeds in the UK, Forschungszentrum Jülich in ...

Photosynthesis -- mainly carried out by plants -- is based on a remarkably efficient energy conversion process. To generate chemical energy, sunlight must first be captured and transported further.

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

In the vast and enigmatic realm of quantum mechanics, where the rules of classical physics give way to probabilities and ...

Physicists have performed a groundbreaking simulation they say sheds new light on an elusive phenomenon that could determine the ultimate fate of the Universe.

Physicists have performed a groundbreaking simulation they say sheds new light on an elusive phenomenon that could determine the ultimate fate of the ...

In a new Nature Communications study, scientists have demonstrated the quantum version of the strong Mpemba effect (sME) in a ...

Philip Ball looks at how a little-known paper by Niels Bohr demonstrates the turmoil in physics on the brink of quantum ...

Quantum computers have the potential of outperforming classical computers on some optimization and computational tasks.