A clever mathematical tool known as virtual particles unlocks the strange and mysterious inner workings of subatomic ...

As the nucleus splits, it also releases its neutrons. These neutrons bounce around at incredible speeds until some eventually ...

County leaders hobnobbed with tech CEOs recently and discussed efforts to make the region the country’s next quantum ...

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Scientists are like prospectors, excavating the natural world seeking gems of knowledge about physical reality. And in the century just past, scientists have dug deep enough to discover that reality’s ...

WELCOME TO GLOBAL SECURITY. We’re talking quantum tech, the military drone industry and why not to bet on Congress outflanking U.S. President Donald Trump on Russia sanctions. Read more about our ...

A California outfit has used artificial intelligence to design viral genomes before they were then built and tested in a laboratory. Following this, bacteria was then successfully infected with a ...

IonQ secured some big government contracts over the past year. It also acquired two of its peers to expand its presence in the defense industry. It launched a dedicated division, IonQ Federal, to ...

China based scientists have activated the world's largest and most sensitive neutrino observatory, a monumental underground facility designed to capture and study the universe's most elusive ghost ...

Can AI create a life form? These “generative” genomes are a start Artificial intelligence can draw cat pictures and write emails. Now the same technology can compose a working genome. A research team ...

Quantum technology can process an enormous amount of data and solve complex problems in seconds rather than decades. Remarkably, quantum technology first appeared in the early 1900s. It originated ...