Recent discoveries in the realm of physics have pointed to the possibility of time anomalies that challenge our current ...

Textbooks give strange, imprecise explanations of where things happen in quantum mechanics. Consistency with gravity needs a fresh approach.

For decades, quantum physics and general relativity have stood as two powerful but separate theories. Quantum physics explains the behavior of tiny particles like atoms and photons. General relativity ...

Phases of matter are the basic states that matter can take—like water that can occur in a liquid or ice phase. Traditionally, ...

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

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

Noise is annoying, whether you're trying to sleep or exploit the laws of quantum physics. Although noise from environmental ...

Recent progress on both analog and digital simulations of quantum fields foreshadows a future in which quantum computers ...

P hysicists at MIT have achieved a major feat, capturing a bizarre quantum effect called second sound on film, where heat ...