Try as they might, scientists can’t truly rid a space or an object of its energy. But what “zero-point energy” really means ...

Quantum mechanics and relativity are the two pillars of modern physics. However, for over a century, their treatment of space ...

Physicists have long treated space and time as the stage on which quantum particles perform, not as actors in the drama ...

Editor’s note: “Quantum Computing: the Key to Unlocking AI’s Full Potential?” was previously published in July 2024 with the title, “How Quantum Computing Is Already Changing the World.” It has since ...

Two physicists at the University of Stuttgart have proven that the Carnot principle, a central law of thermodynamics, does not apply to objects on the atomic scale whose physical properties are linked ...

“Through this study, we were able to find clues about how electrons behave when they pass through the atomic wall,” stated Professor Dong Eon Kim. Physicists have been mystified for more than a ...

A century ago, a group of scientists in Europe began developing a theory to explain how the world’s smallest particles interact. Their discoveries underpinned a new branch of physics and laid the ...

Quantum mechanics is one of the most successful theories in science — and makes much of modern life possible. Technologies ranging from computer chips to medical-imaging machines rely on the ...