Everything around us, from atoms and molecules to planets and galaxies, is governed by two extraordinarily successful ...

Dark matter accounts for 85% of the matter in the universe, but scientists still do not know what it is made of. A study, ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — For nearly a century, there were two known kinds of magnets. Ferromagnets are the classic magnets that attract metal and keep pictures stuck to the refrigerator. Antiferromagnets hide ...

Time has always seemed like the one thing physics could count on. Matter changes, stars die, particles flicker in and out, ...

First formulated in 1935, the famous thought experiment attempts to explain the weirdness of quantum superposition, but a new study shows that this theoretical feline is really only the beginning of ...

Illustration of cesium atoms entering an ordered state after being chilled to a few billionths of a degree above absolute ...

Quantum mechanics has journeyed from a strange and controversial idea to the foundation of some of humanity’s most advanced ...

A new quantum device can generate precisely controlled bursts of sound-like particles, or phonons, by forcing electrons through an ultra-thin crystal at extremely low temperatures. The surprising ...

A team of physicists and education researchers is spearheading the largest study of its kind exploring how the United States can meet the needs of the rapidly growing quantum technology industry. The ...

The International Space Station has once again become the stage for groundbreaking science, as NASA continues expanding the ...

Graphic illustrating the difference in energy between running a quantum clock (left: a single electron hopping between two nanoscale regions) and reading the ticks of the clock (right). The energy ...