Scientists are learning how to temporarily reshape materials by nudging their internal quantum rhythms instead of blasting them with extreme lasers. By harnessing excitons, short-lived energy pairs ...

A quantum state of matter has appeared in a material where physicists thought it would be impossible, forcing a rethink on ...

When quantum spins interact, they can produce collective behaviors that defy long-standing expectations. Researchers have now ...

A hundred years ago, quantum mechanics was a radical theory that baffled even the brightest minds. Today, it's the backbone ...

Quantum materials can behave in surprising ways when many tiny spins act together, producing effects that don’t exist in ...

One of the discoveries that fundamentally distinguished the emerging field of quantum physics from classical physics was the ...

Replication is a cornerstone of science, yet even in the natural sciences, attempts to reproduce results do not always succeed. Quantum computing promises machines that can solve certain problems far ...

Scientists have discovered a new quantum state of matter that connects two significant areas of physics, potentially leading ...

Forgetting feels like a failure of attention, but physics treats it as a fundamental process with a measurable price. At the smallest scales, erasing information is not free, it consumes energy and ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. This year is the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, according to ...

For the first time, researchers from Tokyo University of Science have observed wave-like interference patterns from ...