Black hole and Big Bang singularities break our best theory of gravity. A trilogy of theorems hints that physicists must go ...

Instead of the big bang, some physicists have suggested that our universe may have come from a big bounce following another ...

Researchers have found the first new type of magnet in nearly a century. Now, these strange "altermagnets" could help us ...

Over the last few decades, it seems that every classical piece of technology has gotten a quantum counterpart. Of course, ...

Max Planck really got the ball rolling for quantum physics by introducing the idea of energy coming in tiny packets, or ...

Just 100 years ago, on 9 July 1925, Werner Heisenberg wrote a letter to his friend, colleague and fiercest critic, Wolfgang Pauli. A few weeks earlier, Heisenberg had returned from the North Sea ...

Enrique Rico Ortega and Sofia Vallecorsa explain how quantum computing will allow physicists to model complex dynamics, from ...

Orthodox quantum mechanics is empirically flawless, but founded on an awkward interface between quantum systems and classical ...

Quantum entanglement is a mind-boggling phenomenon in quantum mechanics that intrigues both scientists and the public alike. Unlike the predictable nature of classical physics, quantum mechanics ...

With the “100 Years of Quantum Mechanics - All About Molecules” special issue, JCTC invites researchers to submit original research articles and perspectives that celebrate this anniversary by ...

Timekeeping just got a quantum upgrade. A new quantum clock uses wave-like motion to tell precise time with minimal energy loss.