In a stunning leap for quantum optics, scientists have generated ultrafast light pulses whose quantum uncertainty can be ...

In July 1925, physicist Werner Heisenberg wrote a letter to Wolfgang Pauli sharing his new ideas about what would eventually become known as quantum theory. A hundred years later, that theory has been ...

A team of international physicists has brought Bayes’ centuries-old probability rule into the quantum world. By applying the ...

Squeezed light is a specialized form of light in which quantum fluctuations are redistributed between two complementary properties. According to quantum theory, light is characterized by ...

Auburn scientists have designed new materials that manipulate free electrons to unlock groundbreaking applications. These ...

One hundred years ago on a quiet, rocky island, German physicist Werner Heisenberg helped set in motion a series of scientific developments that would touch nearly all of physics. There, Heisenberg ...

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 ...

Briton John Clarke, Frenchman Michel Devoret and American John Martinis won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for putting ...

A new theory suggests that gravity could possibly be the result of entropy. If true, this would mean that everything in the universe would fall apart if it all remained unchanged. This theory tries to ...