Electrons are usually described as particles, but in a rare quantum material, that picture completely breaks down ...

Quantum entanglement happens when two particles become interconnected and share a single state. Scientists have measured how ...

Physicists have revealed a quantum state once thought impossible, where topology emerges even without particle-like electrons ...

What if you could create new materials just by shining a light at them? To most, this sounds like science fiction or alchemy, ...

Physicists working at ultra-low temperatures have stumbled onto a quantum phase that should not exist according to the usual ...

Physicists have long relied on the idea that electrons behave like tiny particles zipping through materials, even though ...

Forgetting feels like a failure of attention, but physics treats it as a fundamental process with a measurable price. At the smallest scales, erasing information is not free, it consumes energy and ...

Long considered a serious technical challenge, superradiance could actually help quantum devices go even further. Quantum timekeeping comes with the paradoxes of quantum mechanics, a new study ...

A team of researchers at the University of Waterloo have made a breakthrough in quantum computing that elegantly bypasses the ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. This year is the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, according to ...