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Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr had an ongoing rivalry about the true nature of quantum mechanics, and came up with a thought ...

Quantum mechanics doesn’t just change how we think it changes what the universe does. Today we look at how trusting quantum ...

Quantum mechanics has a habit of behaving normally—right until it doesn’t. When pushed to its limits, the theory reveals ...

Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan’s epic biopic, "Oppenheimer," dives deep into the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the ...

When director Alex Woo pitched the animated adventure-comedy Netflix film "In Your Dreams" to actor Simu Liu, Liu was fascinated by the opportunity to show a real family that argues. The plot centers ...

A century ago, the strange behavior of atoms and elementary particles led physicists to formulate a new theory of nature. That theory, quantum mechanics, found immediate success, proving its worth ...

Quantum computers based on ions or atoms have one major advantage: The qubits themselves aren’t manufactured, and there’s no device-to-device variability among atoms. Every atom is the same and should ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1974, five years before he wrote his Pulitzer Prize–winning book Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, Douglas Hofstadter was ...

Designed to accelerate advances in medicine and other fields, the tech giant’s quantum algorithm runs 13,000 times as fast as software written for a traditional supercomputer. A quantum computer at ...

Prize awarded for developing 'next generation of quantum technology' 'I'm completely stunned,' says UC Berkeley professor Quantum technology ubiquitous in everyday electronics Physics is second prize ...

On Tuesday the field of quantum mechanics received a thoughtful 100th-birthday present from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences: three shiny new medals, 11 million Swedish kronor (to be divided ...