The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, uses number ...

The uncertainty inherent to quantum mechanics has long left physicists wondering whether the observations we make on the ...

Quantum researchers in the twenty-first century are part of an international network that requires a great deal of ...

This balance—neurons as the silent bee workers, waves as the queen’s rhythm holding the hive together—suggests consciousness ...

This year is the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, according to UNESCO, marking 100 years since quantum mechanics was proposed. The theory hardly needed the extra publicity, though ...

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Unifying gravity and quantum theory remains a significant goal in modern physics. Despite the success in unifying all other ...

A new physics paper takes a step toward creating a long-sought "theory of everything" by uniting gravity with the quantum world. However, the new theory remains far from being proven observationally.

While a quantum computer could factor a 2048-bit RSA key in less than a week with fewer than a million qubits, there are ...

A theoretical study suggests that gravity could have quantum effects without itself being a quantum theory. Other researchers ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Two blind spots torture physicists: the birth of the universe and the center of a black hole. The former may feel like a moment in time ...