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

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

Quantum mechanics has at last been formulated exclusively with real numbers, bringing a mathematical puzzle at the heart of ...

In February 2025, scientists successfully teleported quantum information between two quantum computers six feet apart.

Four decades ago, physicists were theorizing that the mind-bending mechanics of quantum physics could be harnessed to make a new kind of computer that’s exponentially more powerful than conventional ...

One hundred years ago on a quiet, rocky island, German physicist Werner Heisenberg helped set in motion a series of scientific developments that would touch nearly all of physics. There, Heisenberg ...

One company that's emerged as a perceived leader in the space is IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), which uses trapped-ion technology to power its quantum architecture. With shares surging nearly 300% over the last ...

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 ...

In recent years we have all been overwhelmed by wave-after-wave of new technology like IoT, 5G, wireless broadband, FWA, streaming, satellite and more. Now, there are two new technologies which will ...