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The Spooky Quantum Phenomenon You’ve Never Heard Of

By Katie McCormick
June 22, 2022
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Quantum computers may derive their power from the “magical” way that properties of particles change depending on the context.

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Physicists Rewrite the Fundamental Law That Leads to Disorder

By Philip Ball
May 26, 2022
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The second law of thermodynamics is among the most sacred in all of science, but it has always rested on 19th century arguments about probability. New arguments trace its true source to the flows of quantum information.

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Puzzling Quantum Scenario Appears Not to Conserve Energy

By Katie McCormick
May 16, 2022
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By resolving a paradox about light in a box, researchers hope to clarify the concept of energy in quantum theory.

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The Joy of Why

Where Do Space, Time and Gravity Come From?

By Steven Strogatz
May 4, 2022
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Einstein’s description of curved space-time doesn’t easily mesh with a universe made up of quantum wavefunctions. Theoretical physicist Sean Carroll discusses the quest for quantum gravity with host Steven Strogatz.

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Physicists Pin Down How Quantum Uncertainty Sharpens Measurements

By Ben Brubaker
May 3, 2022
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Throwing out data seems to make measurements of distances and angles more precise. The reason why has been traced to Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle.

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Beyond the Second Law

By Nicole Yunger Halpern
March 31, 2022
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Thanks to the power of fluctuation relations, physicists are taking the second law of thermodynamics to settings once thought impossible.

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quantum physics

Massive Black Holes Shown to Act Like Quantum Particles

By Charlie Wood
March 29, 2022
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Physicists are using quantum math to understand what happens when black holes collide. In a surprise, they’ve shown that a single particle can describe a collision’s entire gravitational wave.

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Quantum Complexity Tamed by Machine Learning

By Charlie Wood
February 7, 2022
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If only scientists understood exactly how electrons act in molecules, they’d be able to predict the behavior of everything from experimental drugs to high-temperature superconductors. Following decades of physics-based insights, artificial intelligence systems are taking the next leap.

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How the Physics of Resonance Shapes Reality

By Ben Brubaker
January 26, 2022
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The same phenomenon by which an opera singer can shatter a wineglass also underlies the very existence of subatomic particles.


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