When astronomers talk about directly imaging an exoplanet orbiting a faraway star, the analogy they most commonly use is ...

A new study published on arXiv suggests that quantum physics could provide astronomers with a new method to search for ...

Electrons zipping through transistors, powering the screens on our smartphones. Light zooming from distant stars to Earth, ...

A new study in Nature Communications has established a link between the Riemann Hypothesis and dynamical phase transitions in ...

(Tony Melov/Canva) Quantum mechanics is so odd that even the visionary genius who described the secrets of the Universe ...

Imagine shining a flashlight across a dark room. You can predict exactly what the light will do: travel in a straight line from one point to another. That seems obvious, because in the world we see ...

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 ...

Three problems that are out of reach for conventional computers have been cracked by quantum computers and show how important ...

A quantum problem once described as impossible for classical computers has now been solved using relatively modest hardware.

Liang said that the chip's key indicators, including the lifetime of its qubits, its gate fidelity and the depth of its ...

An illustration of the 'electron lighthouse' created at the University of Michigan. (Yiming Gong) The flow of electrons powers our modern lives. From household conveniences like the indispensable air ...

The comic is the latest step in a broader effort by the institute to make science more engaging. In 2025, IIT Kanpur established the Centre for Educational Research and Teaching Excellence (CERTEX) to ...