Quantum computing represents a major threat to encryption, and the inflection point may be less than five years away.

A teenager from Belgium has just vaulted from prodigy to pioneer, completing a PhD in quantum physics at 15 and immediately ...

By building an atomic equivalent of the critical Josephson junction, scientists can now study how energy is lost and excitations form.

The ESG developed its recommendations during an intensive meeting held in Ascona, Switzerland, from 1 to 5 December 2025. At the December Council session, the Council formally acknowledged the work of ...

Researchers have discovered how to design and place single-photon sources at the atomic scale inside ultrathin 2D materials, ...

Controlling qubits with quantum superpositions allows them to dramatically violate a fundamental limit and encode information ...

Using the world’s most powerful X-ray laser, scientists have filmed atoms performing an eternal quantum dance that never ...

For more than a century, gravity has been the stubborn outlier in physics, resisting every attempt to be folded neatly into the quantum rules that govern the rest of nature. Now a convergence of bold ...

Three mid-career researchers at the University of Birmingham have received ERC funding for new research projects.

In school, history often feels like a sprint through centuries of wars, inventions, and royal family trees, with only quick ...

In the end, the Universe becomes a place where gravity and quantum physics slowly turn all mass into faint streams of particles.

Different frequencies sound different to us. For instance, when you hum deeply, that’s about 200 Hz. The metallic sound of a ...