Quantum Physics

A new type of chemistry performed at very cold temperatures on very small particles enables quick, precise reactions

Experts weigh in on the most shocking, paradigm-shifting and delightful findings in the history of physics

Physicists finally understand why heating a supercold quantum fluid freezes it into a solid

Particle by particle, all matter may eventually disappear, according to new calculations

Scientists have used quantum technology to track individual particles of light as they begin the process of photosynthesis

Neutrinos are bizarre and ubiquitous and may just break the rules of physics

New research pokes holes in the idea that the cosmos expanded and then contracted before beginning again

Solving a notorious quantum quandary could require abandoning some of science’s most cherished assumptions about the physical world

Physicists have put the largest-ever object into a quantum superposition

Exotic particles called nonabelions could fix quantum computers’ error problem

The laws of physics allow time travel. So why haven’t people become chronological hoppers?

The strange phenomenon of quantum tunneling has been observed in a chemical reaction that defies classical physics