quantum physics

Find out how some species of birds use quantum mechanics to navigate and studying how they do it might actually help us with building quantum computers.

The "free-range mathematician" and "architect of particle physics" has passed away in Princeton.

Explore a mystery that intrigued Stephen Hawking until the end of his life.

Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck has been awarded the Abel Prize 2019!

What is everything made of? In the final article in this series, Elias Gårding takes us to the very edge of our current knowledge.

What is everything made of? In the third article in this series, Elias Gårding takes us down the QFT rabbit hole.

What is everything made of? In the second article in this series, Elias Gårding reveals the equation that captures (almost) all the known laws of nature.

Nadia Bahjat-Abbas is a mature student working on one of the hardest problems of modern physics. Find out more in this video.

Find out why scientists trying to build quantum computers might do worse than talk to birds.

There are limits to how much you can simultaneously squeeze the quantum fuzziness of an electron's position and momentum

Some general ideas in very few words and without equations.

Why did physicists at the beginning of the 20th century feel they needed a new — and strange — theory?