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

One often-repeated example illustrates the mind-boggling potential of quantum computing: A machine with 300 quantum bits ...

Scientists found quantum edge states in ultracold sodium atoms, possibly leading to highly efficient energy systems with ...

C&EN’s latest podcast, Inflection Point, leans on our 100-year archive to trace headline topics in science today back to their disparate and surprising roots. In each episode, we explore three ...

Physicists from Osaka Metropolitan University and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology were able to observe ...

Researchers in Vienna have discovered something remarkable: crystals that don’t form in space, like diamonds or salt, but in ...

If practitioners of different religions claim results, maybe the seeds of those results are in the practitioners themselves, not the dogma. John-Michael Lawrence is a trained lawyer and project ...

Back in the 1920s, quantum mechanics, which is the theory that underpins everything from how atoms behave to how quantum computers work, was well on the way to gaining mainstream acceptance. But one ...

HSBC's trial involved examining how quantum computing could be used in over-the-counter trading markets where assets are ...

HSBC Holdings said it’s achieved a world-first breakthrough in deploying quantum computing in financial markets, as a race intensifies among some of Wall Street’s biggest firms to embed the ...