While a quantum computer could factor a 2048-bit RSA key in less than a week with fewer than a million qubits, there are ...

This balance—neurons as the silent bee workers, waves as the queen’s rhythm holding the hive together—suggests consciousness ...

The uncertainty inherent to quantum mechanics has long left physicists wondering whether the observations we make on the ...

A new interactive web application allows for a tangible understanding of abstract concepts of quantum game theory. The Kobe ...

In July 1925, physicist Werner Heisenberg wrote a letter to Wolfgang Pauli sharing his new ideas about what would eventually become known as quantum theory. A hundred years later, that theory has been ...

The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, uses number ...

Precise metrology forms a fundamental basis for advanced science and technology, including bioimaging, semiconductor defects ...

Quantum researchers in the twenty-first century are part of an international network that requires a great deal of ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new theory suggests that gravity could possibly be the result of entropy. If true, this would mean that everything in the universe would fall apart if it all remained unchanged. This theory tries to ...