Once a baffling theory, quantum mechanics has evolved into a driving force behind modern technology and frontier research.

For the first time, scientists have observed quantum entanglement in the momentum of massive particles. The result, decades ...

Stephen Hawking's theory of black hole evaporation clashes with the laws of quantum mechanics. A new paper finds a way around ...

Physicists at Kyushu University in Japan have outlined a technique that could bring one of the most elusive goals in modern ...

A new model suggests the universe could tear itself apart as expansion accelerates, with quantum effects potentially driving ...

What if the mysterious substance holding galaxies together is made of leftovers from a universe that existed before our own? That is the central question posed by physicists Carlo Rovelli and ...

Guided by her conviction that science is for everybody, the verses tackle some of the most abstract concepts of theoretical ...

Some quantum cryptographers want to find ways to keep messages secret even if the rules of quantum mechanics don’t hold. The ...

Physicists in China have simulated the effect of "false vacuum decay": a phenomenon believed to play out constantly in the ...

Special Prize for Pioneer of Theory of Strong Nuclear Force Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Awarded to Jean Bennett, Katherine A. High and Albert Maguire; Stuart H. Orkin and Swee Lay Thein; Rosa ...

Generally speaking, black holes are regions of spacetime where matter is compressed into a tiny space. Dark matter, meanwhile ...