Classical physics theories suggest that when two or more electromagnetic waves interfere destructively (i.e., with their ...

In the strange and fascinating world of quantum mechanics, particles have long been sorted into just two types: fermions and ...

Quantum theory started with a bout of hay fever, and went on to transform our view of the universe – but its legacy isn't ...

Sidney Perkowitz uncovers the pioneering work of the German physicist and philosopher Grete Hermann, who sparred with the ...

Quantum physics describes how the smallest building blocks in the universe behave and interact. The UN has designated 2025 as ...

Physicists have proposed a new model of space-time that may provide the 'first observational evidence supporting string ...

Quasicrystals, exotic states of matter characterized by an ordered structure with non-repeating spatial patterns, have been ...

Masaki Kashiwara has won the 2025 Abel prize, seen by some as the Nobel of mathematics, for his contributions to algebraic analysis and representation theory ...

There, he scribbled down equations that would light an intellectual ... view of how reality works to the core. That idea was quantum theory. In recognition of the quantum centenary, the United ...