Physicist Paul Davies looks back at the past century of quantum mechanics—the most disruptive theory in the history of modern science.
A growing body of theoretical and experimental work in physics is converging on a striking possibility: time, the dimension humans experience as a constant forward flow, may not be a fundamental ...
Using ultracold atoms and laser light, researchers recreated the behavior of a Josephson junction—an essential component of quantum computers and voltage standards. The appearance of Shapiro steps in ...
As Joe Howlett points out, "the Schrödinger equation remains physicists’ foremost window into the quantum realm. It tells scientists how that strange world works; that is, how quantum objects interact ...
In the everyday world, governed by classical physics, the concept of equilibrium reigns. If you put a drop of ink into water, ...
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Science and the sacred

One of the most striking parallels lies in the idea that reality is not independent of the observer. Classical physics assumed an objective universe existing regardless of who observed it. Quantum ...