Quantum spin liquids are exotic states of matter in which spins (i.e., the intrinsic angular momentum of electrons) do not ...

Quantum physics has a reputation for needing exotic hardware, from liquid-helium-cooled qubits to sprawling AI clusters, just to crunch through basic simulations. Now a new “physics shortcut” is ...

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A long-standing physics mystery has been solved with the discovery of emergent photon-like behavior inside a strange quantum ...

A research team has discovered a unique quantum state at the interface between organic materials and two-dimensional ...

Quantum communication saw major progress, including longer-distance demonstrations and systems that operate closer to ...

In the past year, two separate experiments in two different materials captured the same confounding scenario: the coexistence ...

In a bold step toward solving one of science’s most puzzling problems, researchers have proposed a new way to bring gravity into the same mathematical language as the other forces of nature. While the ...

Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the security of modern encryption. Any clever trick for solving them ...

Retired psychiatrist Dr. Sam D. Toney releases Revelation Equation, a science fiction novel grounded in real physics that ...