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What does it mean to be ‘quantum’? A physicist explains the basics behind Einstein’s spooky actions at a distance
Aldo Romero, West Virginia University Imagine shining a flashlight across a dark room. You can predict exactly what…
Who was Amelia Frank? The life of a forgotten physicist
Amelia Frank, June 1930. University of Wisconsin Peter Jacobson, The University of Queensland and Beck Wise, The University…
Virtual particles: How physicists’ clever bookkeeping trick could underlie reality
Scientists imagine virtual particles popping in and out of existence to explain how forces transfer between particles. koto_feja/iStock…
Trio wins physics Nobel for quantum ‘tunneling’ in a circuit
A trio of physicists won the 2025 Nobel Prize for revealing macroscopic quantum tunneling and energy quantization in a superconducting electrical circuit, thereby paving the way for the development of quantum technologies.
100 years before quantum mechanics, one scientist glimpsed a link between light and matter
MirageC / Getty Images Robyn Arianrhod, Monash University The Irish mathematician and physicist William Rowan Hamilton, who was…
A new twist on Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle can sharpen quantum sensors
dianaarturovna / Getty Images Tingrei Tan, University of Sydney and Christophe Valahu, University of Sydney For almost a…
The Physics Behind Temperature
The actual definition of temperature is insane.
Physicists solve 90-year-old quantum damping puzzle
Physicists have solved a longstanding quantum puzzle by describing how atomic-scale vibrations lose energy, opening the door to new ultra-precise sensor technologies.
Scientists see atoms’ quantum dance for the 1st time
Scientists capture the first direct images of collective quantum fluctuations, revealing the constant, coordinated "dance" of atoms within a molecule as predicted by the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
How Lava Lamps Protect the Internet
Our most sensitive digital information is protected by harnessing the chaotic behavior of systems like lava lamps, thereby solving the critical problem that computers, by their very nature, cannot be truly random.