quantum physics

Physicists Use Lasers to Set Up First Underwater Quantum Communications Link

Preliminary results represent what could be the first step in sending quantum-encrypted messages through bodies of water.

Watch the World's Worst Child Ninja Try to Disable His Dad's Home Security Cam

Amateur ninja attempts security camera shut-down mission.

Basic Assumptions of Physics Might Require the Future to Influence the Past

Maybe we live in a world where certain observations can force our universe to branch into multiple ones. Or maybe actions in the present influence things earlier in time.

Experiment With Chinese Satellite Demonstrates Quantum Weirdness Over Record Distances

Don’t expect this sort of stuff to have any influence on your life just yet—but in the future, it could have some important quantum computing applications.

Scientists Store Data on Single Atoms

It's a proof of concept and probably won’t appear in your portable hard disk any time soon, but could have important applications for the future of computing.

Scientists Finally Observed Time Crystals—But What the Hell Are They?

The time crystal’s silly science fiction name shrouds its deep quantum mechanical nuance.

This Book is a Breathtaking Introduction to the Nature of Reality

Carlo Rovelli’s Seven Brief Lessons on Physics delivers a sweeping presentation of the great ideas and discoveries of 20th century physics, aimed at readers with no scientific background whatsoever. It’s a joy to read.

Physicists Prove That 'Spooky Action at a Distance' is Real

Entanglement is quantum mechanical mind-bender that is being understood better than ever before.

A New Way of Thinking About Spacetime That Turns Everything Inside Out

"When we can no longer take space for granted, we have to explain what it is and how it arises, either on its own or in union with time."

Scientists Created the World's Quietest Gas to Hear Quantum Effects

If you want to hear something very quiet, you need to reduce the ambient volume of your surroundings. For quantum physicists, though, that meant creating the world’s quietest gas.

Here's How You Can Help Build a Quantum Computer

Researchers at Aarhus University believe the secret to creating a quantum computer lies in understanding human cognition. So, they've built games to study us first.

Did We Really See Light Acting as a Particle and a Wave at Once?

A purportedly groundbreaking image of light showing of dual qualities might not be exactly as it seemed.

Five Reasons Why Our Universe Might Actually be a Virtual Reality

For the first time in history, a theory of what doesn't exist is successfully predicting what does.

Scientists are Going to Create the Coldest Spot in the Known Universe