Physicists show knotted cosmic strings may have dominated the early universe before collapsing to create matter—a theory ...

Vincenzo Savona, head of the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics of Nanosystems. 2025 EPFL/Murielle Gerber- CC-BY-SA 4.0 ...

Google Quantum AI’s new research revives a 1960s concept of “quantum money,” potentially eliminating the need for blockchain ...

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

Spin glasses are physical systems in which the small magnetic moments of particles (i.e., spins) interact with each other in ...

Michel Devoret, a winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics, reflects on his path from high school engineering projects to his philosophy on research and mentorship.

Improving your cryptographic agility goes far beyond files and folders. It’s about preserving the integrity of every ...

A team of scientists has used a quantum processor to create an exotic new state of matter, capturing the strange motion of quantum particles in real time.

The path toward realizing practical quantum technologies begins with understanding the fundamental physics that govern ...

The team used intense X-rays to confirm a key theoretical concept that explains a material's conductivity crash.

AI focuses on learning patterns from data to make decisions; quantum computing focuses on raw computational power for complex problems like molecular simulation and code-breaking.