Using ultracold atoms and laser light, researchers recreated the behavior of a Josephson junction—an essential component of ...

Physics simulations using classical mechanics is something that’s fairly easily done on regular consumer hardware, with ...

Laurent Simons, a 15-year-old Belgian researcher, has earned a PhD in quantum physics and says his work in ultracold systems ...

At the Q2B Silicon Valley conference, scientific and business leaders of the quantum computing industry hailed "spectacular" ...

For the first time, scientists have observed the iconic Shapiro steps, a staircase-like quantum effect, in ultracold atoms.

In the past year, two separate experiments in two different materials captured the same confounding scenario: the coexistence ...

More than 200 years ago, Count Rumford showed that heat isn’t a mysterious substance but something you can generate endlessly ...

A new theory of "dark photons" attempted to explain a centuries-old experiment in a new way this year, in an effort to change ...

Can two versions of reality exist at the same time? Physicists say they can — at the quantum level, that is. Trump ...

Quantum communication saw major progress, including longer-distance demonstrations and systems that operate closer to ...

At just 15, Laurent Simons has earned a PhD in quantum physics. Scientists are watching closely as his work and future ambitions could shape next-generation science and human health.

For more than a century, thermodynamics has described how heat flows and engines run, while quantum mechanics has ruled the ...