The fifth state of matter—the ultracold Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC)—has been an invaluable tool in unlocking the secrets ...

Physicists have built a quantum gas that behaves nothing like the substances we are used to, and that is exactly why it is ...

Quantum information theory is a field of study that examines how quantum technologies store and process information. Over the ...

Physicists in China have brought one of Einstein’s thought experiments into reality—but not quite with the outcome he hoped ...

Researchers at TU Wien have developed a one-dimensional “quantum wire” using a gas of ultracold atoms. In this system, both ...

Every year, Santa Claus races around the globe in a matter of hours to bring presents to children all over the world.

As the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology draws to a close, Margaret Harris revisits some of the year’s ...

The sheer pace of quantum activity from tech firms in 2025 would have been unthinkable even five years ago, says Catherine ...

Quantum communication saw major progress, including longer-distance demonstrations and systems that operate closer to ...

This device is known as a Josephson junction. It’s the foundational building block of quantum computers and advances of it ...

For more than a century, thermodynamics has described how heat flows and engines run, while quantum mechanics has ruled the ...

We’ve had quantum science on our minds all year long, courtesy of 2025 being UNESCO’s International Year of Quantum Science ...