DURHAM — A classroom of sixth-graders demonstrated Wednesday that a combination of theater, masking tape, marbles, and empty toilet-paper rolls can help students understand how roller coasters work.

Quantum marbles in action - an artistic illustration of a matter wave rolling down a steep potential hill. Which factors determine how fast a quantum computer can perform its calculations? Physicists ...

Which factors determine how fast a quantum computer can perform its calculations? Physicists have devised an elegant experiment to answer this question. Which factors determine how fast a quantum ...

I made an error last week in my post about guest star day at the Marbles and UNC-TV booth at the State Fair. The characters were there last weekend, but science play ...

Which factors determine how fast a quantum computer can perform its calculations? Physicists at the University of Bonn and the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology have devised an elegant ...