The operation of quantum computers, systems that process information leveraging quantum mechanical effects, relies on the ...

The quantum many body problem has been at the heart of much of theoretical and experimental physics over the past few decades ...

In theory, quantum physics can bypass the hard mathematical problems at the root of modern encryption. A new proof shows how.

The Irish mathematician and physicist William Rowan Hamilton, who was born 220 years ago last month, is famous for carving some mathematical graffiti into Dublin's Broome Bridge in 1843.

A strange kind of geometry governs how particles move inside matter. Now, for the first time, physicists have uncovered its ...

This article explores how our understanding of the universe has evolved—from the scale of everyday experience down to the ...

This polymer-based system shows that coherent quantum behavior can be designed into stable, tunable, solution-processable materials compatible with real devices.

In 1931, Harvey Elliott White developed a device that traced out the shapes of electron clouds by approximating solutions to ...

Quantum computers may solve problems beyond supercomputers. A new test helps confirm quantum answers for errors.

Researchers have developed a new AI-based approach that dramatically speeds up calculation of the quantum interactions that ...