�鶹��ý

Skip to content

Milky Way. Night sky and silhouette of a standing man

Space

Questions I dread: How did the universe begin, and what is space-time?

As a theoretical cosmologist, you would think I'd welcome the chance to answer these questions - but it isn't clear this is an inquiry that physics can answer, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Comment

Illustration of particles and their wave functions

Physics

Fundamental law of physics demonstrated using quantum objects

News

Technology

Sound vibrations can encode and process data like quantum computers do

News

Physics

AI can work out how quantum computers stack up to one another

News

Physics

Superconducting qubits have passed a key quantum test

News

Snowflake on a dark blue background; Shutterstock ID 1006197640; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

Physics

Why symmetry is so fundamental to our understanding of the universe

Features

2J1JM3H Patterns in a pond. Cropped shot of a finger touching water to form ripples.

Physics

Why virtual particles don’t exist but do explain reality – for now

Features

CE8NB6 Illustration showing galaxy giant whirlpool in space galaxy's effect on space image shows how gravity galaxy warps local

Physics

To create a wormhole that doesn't collapse, you need exotic matter

Features

Quantum particles, quantum computer, galaxy-like ; Shutterstock ID 2194720327; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

Physics

How we could discover quantum gravity without rebuilding space-time

Features

Physics

Weird particle that remembers its past discovered by quantum computer

Particles with unusual properties called anyons have long been sought after as a potential building block for advanced quantum computers, and now researchers have found one – using a quantum computer

News

Technology

Cryptographers bet cash on when quantum computers will beat encryption

News

Physics

Quantum computers could simulate a black hole in the next decade

News

Physics

Exotic cosmic objects in string theory may look like leaky black holes

News

Life

Blobs of worms untangle in milliseconds with a corkscrew wiggle

News