John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis have been awarded the Physics Nobel Prize for their work on quantum ...

You've probably heard the term "quantum computing" at some point and wondered what it meant. It's not a term that's easy to understand, and neither is quantum mechanics, which is the theory behind the ...

Quantum mechanics describes the weird behavior of microscopic particles. Using quantum systems to perform computation ...

This year is the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, according to UNESCO, marking 100 years since quantum mechanics was proposed. The theory hardly needed the extra publicity, though ...

Quantum information systems, systems that process, store or transmit information leveraging quantum mechanical effects, could ...

An international research team has sparked interest in the scientific community with results in quantum physics. In their current study, the researchers reinterpret the Higgs mechanism, which gives ...

What if the universe remembers? A bold new framework proposes that spacetime acts as a quantum memory. For over a hundred ...

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at a startup using AI to track pathogens, a quantum cooling breakthrough and ...

A hidden world of quantum metrologists ensure that everyday devices perform safely and correctly, but their work is never done ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. This year is the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, according to ...

Quantum versions of Bayes’ rule have been around for decades, but the approach through the minimum change principle had not ...

This infographic depicts a simplified diagram of the ... In their paper published in Communications Physics on September 30, ...