Apr. 11, 2025 — A team of researchers reported the first direct observation of a surprising quantum phenomenon predicted over half a century ago known as a superradiant phase transition ...

Quantum physics is the study of matter and energy at its most fundamental level. A central tenet of quantum physics is that energy comes in indivisible packets called quanta. Quanta behave very ...

Researchers at Quantinuum demonstrate a new algorithm for solving complex knots, bringing us closer to quantum advantage.

After netting the world’s highest-paying science award, preeminent theoretical physicist Gerard ’t Hooft reflects on his legacy and the future of physics ...

Quantum states can only be prepared and observed under highly controlled conditions. A research team from Innsbruck, Austria, has now succeeded in creating so-called hot Schrödinger cat states in ...

25, 2025 — To get around the constraints of quantum physics, researchers have built a new acoustic system to study the way the minuscule atoms of condensed matter talk together. They hope to one ...

A new proposal makes the case that paraparticles — a new category of quantum particle — could be created in exotic materials. Heat Destroys All Order. Except for in This One Special Case. Heat is ...

Quantum Computers Can Now Run Powerful AI That Works like the Brain The influential AI design that makes chatbots tick now runs on quantum computers ...

This achievement paves the way for exhaustive test procedures for quantum devices. The study is published in the journal Nature Physics. After the advent of transistors, lasers and atomic clocks ...

Part of our International Year of Quantum Science and Technology coverage This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features William Phillips, who shared the 1997 Nobel Prize for Physics for ...

Warm and hot conditions are believed to destroy quantum effects. However, for the first time, a team of researchers has shown that quantum states can exist even at high temperatures. They created ...