The reference frames from which observers view quantum events can themselves have multiple possible locations at once — an ...

Seconds after the Big Bang, the Universe exhibited an astonishing simplicity. Observations reveal a spatially flat, radiation ...

Researchers have developed a new quantum theory that for the first time defines the precise shape of a photon, showing its ...

Axions are the most likely candidate for enigmatic dark matter that dominates the universe. Astrophysicists are searching for evidence of high-mass axions produced during supernovae. Scientists ...

Dark matter has always been one of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics. The "Dark Big Bang" theory may have the answer.

Universal boundary that distinguishes effective approximate error correction codes from ineffective ones turns out to be ...

Co-author, Professor Angela Demetriadou, also at the University of Birmingham, said, “The geometry and optical properties of ...

Physicists surprised to discover electrons in pentalayer graphene can exhibit fractional charge. New study suggests how this could work.

Four summer undergrad fellows conducting research at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory talk about their work developing quantum technologies and how they’re excited to be a ...

A new theory that explains how light and matter interact at the quantum level has enabled researchers to define for the first ...

Emergent gravity is a bold idea. It claims that the force of gravity is a mere illusion, more akin to friction or heat—a ...

MIT physicists have shown that it should be possible to create an exotic form of matter that could be manipulated to form the ...