In the quantum world as well as the classical one, engines are machines that convert one form of energy, such as electrical energy, into another, such as mechanical motion. It is hard to imagine our ...

What is the largest organism? Until a few years ago, Oregon's "humongous fungus" was considered the world's largest organism. Now, some experts aren't so sure.

Indeed, the United Nations may be promoting a year of quantum science goodwill, but at laboratories and institutions around the world, the battle is brewing for quantum supremacy.

What if the flow of time isn’t as one-way as it seems? Researchers from the University of Surrey have uncovered evidence that in the strange world of quantum physics, time could theoretically ...

After netting the world’s highest-paying science award, preeminent theoretical physicist Gerard ’t Hooft reflects on his legacy and the future of physics ...

Research from Wellesley College uncovers groundbreaking connections between quantum mechanics and human consciousness through microtubule studies in rat brains.

Quantum sensing uses microscopic particles that can simultaneously exist in multiple states to more accurately detect aspects of geophysical properties like magnetic fields. Leidos has been doing ...

Quantum dots are microscopic semiconductor crystals developed in the lab that share many properties with atoms, including the ability to absorb or emit light, a technology that Los Alamos ...

This breakthrough can make quantum computers significantly more resilient—paving the way for them to be robust enough to tackle quantum calculations in practice.

Forschungszentrum Jülich Purchases D-Wave™ Quantum Computer, Becoming First High-Performance Computing Center in the World to Own D-Wave's Advantage™ System ...

On the slope of a Utah mountain, lives the world's oldest living organism. It has lived there for thousands of years, living in harmony with the natural world around it, but today it is being ...