For a century, quantum theory has passed every experimental test, but physicists can’t agree on how to use it to paint a ...

Physicists at MIT have achieved a major feat, capturing a bizarre quantum effect called second sound on film, where heat ...

When a German physicist returned from a health retreat 100 years ago, his ideas sparked a debate about reality, and gave rise ...

One hundred years after its birth, quantum mechanics remains one of the most powerful and successful theories in all of ...

A survey of Scientific American’s century of quantum coverage helps explain the enduring popularity of strange physics ...

Many theories are rock-solid: Scientists have just as much confidence in the theories of relativity, quantum mechanics, ...

Textbooks give strange, imprecise explanations of where things happen in quantum mechanics. Consistency with gravity needs a fresh approach.

A century after Heisenberg formulated his theory, the field has transformed our understanding of the physical world, yet many ...

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

String theory is perhaps the most high-profile candidate for what physicists call a theory of everything – a single ...

It suggests your subjective experience might come from both your physical brain and the mysterious quantum activity within it ...