Cosmology and quantum physics both offer tantalizing possibilities that we inhabit just one reality among many. But testing ...

A new unified theory connects two fundamental domains of modern quantum physics: It joins two opposite views of how a single ...

Welcome to the latest Physics World Quantum Briefing, which commemorates the centenary of quantum mechanics and celebrates the 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ). This ...

The universe is a strange, beautiful place—rich with possibilities and governed by the odd rules of quantum mechanics. One of the most mind-bending ideas from this realm is the many-worlds ...

Physicists are preparing an experiment that sounds like science fiction: a device designed to snare individual particles of ...

Nanomechanical systems developed at TU Wien have now reached a level of precision and miniaturization that will allow them to ...

David Severn has taken a series of images of scientists working on quantum physics for King’s College London’s new Quantum ...

There’s only a few days left in the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, but we’re still finding plenty to celebrate here at Physics World HQ thanks to a long list of groundbreaking ...

Three scientists whose experiments proved that the strange rules of quantum mechanics can govern ordinary electrical circuits—a discovery that later made quantum computers possible—were awarded the ...

This year will be a big one for quantum computing, at least according to the United Nations: 2025 is officially the “International Year of Quantum Science and Technology,” a worldwide initiative to ...

Faisal Islam gets rare access to Willow - Google's quantum computer.

No single country or region dominates quantum-physics research in the Nature Index; institutions from China, Europe and the United States all feature in the top 10. The University of Science and ...