Quantum computing promises to solve the seemingly unsolvable in fields such as physics, medicine, cryptography and more.

Caltech scientists have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)–based method that dramatically speeds up calculations of ...

To promote faster development of quantum algorithms and applications, IBM has just launched the Qiskit Functions Catalog. This new platform allows developers from IBM and other organizations to ...

Made out of a fluorescent protein, the qubit is just 3 nanometers in diameter, scientists report August 20 in Nature. By hitting the protein with laser light, tweaking it with microwaves and observing ...

A new study explores how EOS transmits ultrashort laser pulses through crystals that change in response to an applied electric field. This technique allows researchers to accurately capture the shape ...

According to the second law of thermodynamics, the entropy of an isolated system tends to increase over time. Everything around us follows this law; for instance, the melting of ice, a room becoming ...

Quantum physics fundamentally redefines our understanding of nature by describing the behaviour of matter and energy at the smallest scales. Unlike classical theories, quantum mechanics reveals that ...

A survey of Scientific American’s century of quantum coverage helps explain the enduring popularity of strange physics ...

In 2005 two French scientists discovered something about oil droplets that had potential implications far beyond the realms of engineering. Yves Couder and Emmanuel Fort of the École Normale ...

We live in an extraordinary era, one where science and technology advance at a staggering pace. Discoveries of invisible ...