Once a baffling theory, quantum mechanics has evolved into a driving force behind modern technology and frontier research.

Before Einstein, before Bohr, there was a Jesuit priest with a telescope and a startlingly modern vision of the universe.

The theory of quantum mechanics has transformed daily life since being proposed a century ago, yet how it works remains a mystery—and physicists are deeply divided about what is actually going on, a ...

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v. 1. The quantum theory of Planck, Einstein, Bohr, and Sommerfeld(2 v.) -- v. 2. The discovery of quantum mechanics, 1925 -- v. 3. The formulation of matrix mechanics and its modifications, 1925-1926 ...

Everyone has their favourite example of a trick that reliably gets a certain job done, even if they don’t really understand why. Back in the day, it might have been slapping the top of your television ...

For the first time, physicists have entangled two atoms while they were in motion and used the result to run one of quantum ...

Without a physical theory to back it up, his idea was relegated to the chronicles of history. Yet when I encountered his work, I couldn't help but ask the question: What if the UV effect is quantum ...

For centuries, the concept of consciousness has intrigued philosophers and scientists alike. Often deemed too abstract for scientific exploration, consciousness has been largely left to philosophical ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Two blind spots torture physicists: the birth of the universe and the center of a black hole. The former may feel like a moment in time ...

A new physics paper takes a step toward creating a long-sought "theory of everything" by uniting gravity with the quantum world. However, the new theory remains far from being proven observationally.