Dark matter is an elusive form of matter that almost never emits, absorbs or reflects light, while only weakly interacting with regular matter. These properties make it very difficult to detect using ...

MADISON — Exerting delicate control over a pair of atoms within a mere seven-millionths-of-a-second window of opportunity, physicists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison created an atomic circuit ...

A team of Chinese scientists has developed the world’s fastest quantum computer prototype, named Jiuzhang 4.0, capable of ...

To keep communications secure in a post-quantum world, cryptographers are digging down into the concept of cause and effect.

A rewrite of quantum mechanics that includes the force of gravity could finally achieve one of physicists’ biggest goals and ...