Rather than a cat in a box, this new interpretation of a classic thought experiment features two physicists doing research -- and it's stumping modern researchers.

A new theory proposes that the quantum properties of an object extend into an “atmosphere” that surrounds the material.

Scientists at Radboud University discovered a new mechanism for magnetic storage of information in the smallest unit of matter: a single atom. While the proof of principle was demonstrated at very low ...

Chemists have largely ignored quantum mechanics. But it now turns out that this strange physics has a huge effect on biochemical reactions.

It is an understatement to say that chemical reactions take place everywhere, constantly. In both nature and the lab, chemistry is ubiquitous. But despite advances, it remains a fundamental challenge ...

Oil droplets guided by “pilot waves” have failed to reproduce the results of the quantum double-slit experiment, crushing a century-old dream that there exists

Scientists shoot the world's smallest projectiles - individual molecules - and use them to study how reactions happen

Hacker attacks on everything from social media accounts to government files could be largely prevented by the advent of quantum communication, which would use particles of light called "photons" to secure ...

Subatomic particles that have never been seen aren't quite like what some scientists predicted.

Researchers at the Center for Quantum Nanoscience (QNS) within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea have made a major scientific breakthrough by detecting the nuclear magnetism, or "nuclear ...

A team of scientists led by Professor Richard Layfield at the University of Sussex has published breakthrough research in molecule-based magnetic information storage materials.

Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute (CRUK MI), has licensed Cresset's Flare for fresh insights into structure-based drug design.

GPS can be hacked, so airplanes and ships need a backup system. These quantum physicists think they have an answer.

The Swedish ISP Bahnhof has a strong historic commitment to free speech, so when the notoriously corrupt science publishing giant Elsevier (previously) sought to force the ISP to censor connections…

A new method of cooling atoms to an ultracold temperature could be used to study superconductivity and quantum mechanics.

IBM Research scientists can control the magnetism of a single copper atom, paving the way for atoms to store and process data.

Self-confessed grumpy physicist calls on developers to stop focusing on molecules and start thinking about solids

Study reveals that structural transformations occur just as fast as molecular vibrations

Professor Michelle Simmons' team at UNSW Sydney has demonstrated a compact sensor for accessing information stored in the electrons of individual atoms—a breakthrough that brings us one step closer ...

The experimental investigation of ultracold quantum matter makes it possible to study quantum mechanical phenomena that are otherwise inaccessible. A team led by the Innsbruck physicist Francesca Ferlaino ...