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

The famous second law of thermodynamics says that the world gets more and more disordered when random chance is at play. Or, ...

A new theoretical approach is proposed to explain the nature of the well-known narrow and intense optical J-band of ...

Investors consequently want to know how long before quantum computers' time has come. IonQ's Chapman put together a timeline ...

Advances like these lead me to believe that useful quantum computing is inevitable and increasingly imminent. And that’s good ...

Quantum computing has the potential of being the next big innovation. At the right size and the right price, it might even be ...

A new study, relying on the “many worlds interpretation” of quantum mechanics—along with a concept known as “decoherent histories”—shows that increased energy levels suppress possibilities until only ...

Yet, quantum mechanics is far from complete. Despite its success in explaining a wide range of phenomena, questions remain.

Without action, history shows that the U.S ... correct on the obstacles involved. Designing a quantum computer required tremendous advances in theory as well as materials and components.