Every year in October our UCSB Physics faculty present an explanation of the Nobel Prize in Physics for that year.

This week, researchers published LIGO findings that hint at the existence of second-generation black holes. Astronomers ...

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

It's a well-known fact that quantum calculations are difficult, but one would think that quantum computers would facilitate the process. In most cases, this is true.

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I ...

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I ...

Virtual particles exploit the natural fuzziness of the subatomic world, where if these ephemeral particles live briefly enough, they can also briefly borrow their energy from empty space. The haziness ...

Mathcad is a comprehensive interactive computational software designed specifically for engineers, scientists, and mathematicians. It provides a unique whiteboard-like interface where users can ...

A close-up of the trapped-ion quantum computer used to simulate quantum-information scrambling circuits. Credit: Quantinuum The difference between traditional computers and quantum computers is ...

The gap between conventional and quantum computers is closing when it comes to simulating scrambling of quantum information Figure 1: A close-up of the trapped-ion ...