The measurement problem in quantum mechanics looks at how an experimental outcome changes, simply by observing it.

Celebrating the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, the article explores the enigmatic world of quantum ...

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

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: koto_feja via Getty Images Physicists have developed a novel approach to solving one of ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andréa Morris reports on emergent intelligence in diverse systems. “This retroactive idea. It has to be that,” says Nobel ...

This article explores how our understanding of the universe has evolved—from the scale of everyday experience down to the ...

After decades of theory, prototypes, and incremental progress, quantum computing has entered a new era… The story began in earnest in the early 1980s, when Richard Feynman and Yuri Manin argued that ...

D-Wave Quantum's quantum annealing technology has niche limitations, faces competition, and hasn't proven a clear advantage over classical computing. Despite marketing since 2011, D-Wave has a history ...

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.