The big thinkers at Aperture explain quantum mechanics and the uncertainties at the heart of physics.

Louis E. Brus, a chemist and Nobel laureate who discovered quantum dots, tiny crystals that emit various colors of light ...

Quantum computers, systems that process information leveraging quantum mechanical effects, are expected to outperform ...

Cosmology and quantum physics both offer tantalizing possibilities that we inhabit just one reality among many. But testing ...

A quick recap. Quantum dots are microscopic particles with a fascinating ability: They can turn one color of light into another color of light with near-perfect efficiency. Right now, the most common ...

Quantum mechanics is rich with paradoxes and contradictions. It describes a microscopic world in which particles exist in a ...

A near-100-year-old debate between the theoretical physicists Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr has finally been settled—and not in the former’s favor. A team of physicists in China have realized a ...

When ultraviolet light hits ice—whether in Earth's polar regions or on distant planets—it triggers a cascade of chemical reactions that have puzzled scientists for decades. Now, researchers at the ...

Shares of IonQ, Rigetti Computing, D-Wave Quantum, and Quantum Computing Inc. have respectively rallied by up 684% over the trailing year. Some Wall Street analysts foresee quantum computing pure-play ...

Software firm Horizon Quantum claimed it is the first private company to deploy a commercial quantum computer in Singapore. The deployment also makes it the first quantum software company to deploy ...

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