Gravity is supposed to be the most familiar force in nature, yet at the deepest level it remains the least understood. A bold ...

A quantum state of matter has appeared in a material where physicists thought it would be impossible, forcing a rethink on ...

Collective behavior is an unusual phenomenon in condensed-matter physics. When quantum spins interact together as a system, ...

Electrons are usually described as particles, but in a rare quantum material, that picture completely breaks down ...

At TU Wien, researchers have discovered a state in a quantum material that had previously been considered impossible. The ...

Quantum materials can behave in surprising ways when many tiny spins act together, producing effects that don’t exist in ...

Scientists have discovered a new quantum state of matter that connects two significant areas of physics, potentially leading ...

Quantum physicists are edging closer to a kind of controlled transmutation, not of lead into gold, but of one electronic reality into another. By steering exotic entities called excitons, researchers ...

Diamonds might be the next big thing in quantum computing. Quantum Brilliance now grows ultra-pure diamonds for better ...

Quantum physics describes matter and light in terms of discrete quanta and inherently probabilistic rules that depart from classical intuition. At its heart lie wave–particle duality—entities such as ...

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

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. This year is the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, according to ...