For many business leaders, quantum computing feels like science fiction—a technology that’s exciting, but distant. That’s a ...

Quantum sensors built in nanometer thin boron nitride sheets endure extreme pressure, enabling precise measurements of stress ...

A team led by physicists at Washington University in St. Louis has created quantum sensors that can survive in extreme conditions. Built inside unbreakable sheets of crystallized boron nitride, the ...

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Scientists have finally unlocked a way to identify the elusive W state of quantum entanglement, solving a decades-old problem ...

Since the 1990s, evidence has been growing that quantum computers should be able to solve a range of particularly complex ...

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The world of quantum physics is already mysterious, but what happens when that strange realm of subatomic particles is put ...

One hundred years ago on a quiet, rocky island, German physicist Werner Heisenberg helped set in motion a series of scientific developments that would touch nearly all of physics. There, Heisenberg ...

Quantum mechanics is one of the most successful theories in science — and makes much of modern life possible. Technologies ranging from computer chips to medical-imaging machines rely on the ...

Noise is annoying, whether you're trying to sleep or exploit the laws of quantum physics. Although noise from environmental ...