The search for quantum gravity is the next big step in physics, as researchers seek to unify the physics of the very small ...

For years quantum technology seemed exciting in theory but not much good in practice. Now the ability to combine qubits—bits ...

String theory unifies all the forces of nature. Forces that seem very different, such as gravity and electricity, are deeply ...

Maria Violaris works on quantum foundations as an academic visitor at the University of Oxford, UK, and on quantum computing at Oxford Quantum Circuits, Reading, UK. Norma G. Sanchez, is the founder ...

Vincenzo Savona, head of the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics of Nanosystems. 2025 EPFL/Murielle Gerber- CC-BY-SA 4.0 ...

Olival Freire Jr is a professor of physics and the history of physics at the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil. What makes matter stable? Why are atoms as they are? Why do different materials vary ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. On a quiet pandemic afternoon in 2021, Zhiyuan Wang, then a graduate student at Rice University, was alleviating his boredom by working ...

For over a century, quantum mechanics and Einstein’s general relativity have stood as the cornerstones of modern physics, yet their unification remains one of science’s greatest challenges. Now, ...

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Quantum supremacy is achieved when a quantum computer can solve problems impractical for classical computers due to time constraints. Quantum computers differ in operation, using qubits that can ...