Devices that can confine individual electrons are potential building blocks for quantum information systems. But the electrons must be protected from external disturbances. RIKEN researchers have now ...

For nearly a century, some of the simplest questions in quantum theory have stubbornly resisted clean answers, turning basic ...

Physicists in Leiden have built a microscope that can measure no fewer than four key properties of a material in a single ...

Once considered an oddity of quantum physics, time crystals could be a good building block for accurate clocks and sensors, ...

An experiment measuring a single atom's recoil confirmed that observing a particle destroys interference, settling the ...

Time feels steady and familiar in daily life, but at the quantum level it becomes slippery. That puzzle now has a fresh twist ...

Quantum physics paints a strange picture of the world, one filled with spooky connections, unsettling uncertainties ...

A laser-written glass chip shows how fragile quantum signals can be decoded with high stability and low loss, offering a new ...

Physicists at Heidelberg University have developed a new theory that finally unites two long-standing and seemingly ...

A microscopic clump of sodium has become the largest object ever to be observed as a wave, improving upon previous records by ...

By combining surface codes with lattice surgery, researchers have shown how logical qubits can be manipulated and entangled ...

Quantum computers struggle because their qubits are incredibly easy to disrupt, especially during calculations. A new ...