A newly derived “q-desic” equation suggests that quantum effects may subtly alter particle trajectories across the universe.

Mariarosaria Taddeo is professor of digital ethics and defence technologies at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK, a DSTL ethics fellow at the Alan Turing Institute, London, UK, ...

Physicist Paul Davies looks back at the past century of quantum mechanics—the most disruptive theory in the history of modern science.

Drug discovery has traditionally been slow and expensive, often taking decades and costing manufacturers billions. Traditional methods, while advancing, are hitting limits in tackling the complexities ...

Quantum mechanics is our most successful physical theory. Created to account for atomic phenomena, it has a vast range of applications extending well beyond the atomic realm, from predicting the ...

Scientists uncovered a quantum spin liquid, a state of matter that may have applications for quantum information. (Nanowerk News) The blue-green lab-grown crystals look like solid rocks, but their ...

Quantum technologies have long underpinned modern foundational technologies, including lasers, atomic clocks, transistors, and semiconductor devices. Today, advancements in quantum information science ...

“For two years, I was looking at flat lines,” physicist Sebastian Pedalino recalled of a stubborn detector that refused to show anything but noise. The evening when the signal at last expanded out ...

There has been considerable discussion and stock price volatility of late surrounding the expected timing of useful applications and hardware for quantum computing. One month after Google created ...

What is the difference between artificial intelligence and quantum computing? One is a sci-fi-sounding technology that has long promised to revolutionise our world, providing researchers can sort out ...