Quantum computing is slowly entering the mainstream, as more people discuss the technology and its potential within ...

A rewarding book that offers a cogent look at the science’s history and the second quantum revolution that’s under way ...

Is the electron a wave or a particle? Are the orbits of electrons in atoms similar to planetary orbits? What is the nature of light? Such were the questions that physicists were struggling with in the ...

The pioneer of quantum computing talks about how Albert Einstein would have reacted to his experiments, the hype around the ...

In the 1920s, when quantum mechanics was young, physicists Jane Dewey and Laura Chalk performed some of the first experimental tests of the theory, based on a phenomenon called the Stark effect. Later ...

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 ...

A new study in Nature Physics has turned an old problem on its head by reporting a way to use the noisy interactions between ...

Picture Victorian London, but its skies are filled with airships. Steam-powered robots crowd the streets, mingling with people in top hats and petticoats. That type of retrofuturistic mash-up is the ...