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A close-up photo of some dandelions, but the image is slightly distorted by digital artefacts.

Why we (probably) aren’t living in a computer simulation

Large truck towing ANITA atmospheric survey system in Antarctica

Physicists can’t explain mysterious radio wave emissions in Antarctica

Quantum Random Number Generator machine

Here’s how to generate a truly random number with quantum physics

Artistic impression of a neutron star that is 'evaporating' slowly via Hawking-like radiation. Credit: Daniëlle Futselaar/artsource.nl

The universe may die sooner than expected

Concept art depicting a portion of the Future Circular Collider particle accelerator

Particle Physics

The atom-smashing Large Hadron Collider’s successor will be 56 miles wide

Majorana 1 quantum computing chip

New state of matter powers Microsoft quantum computing chip

This photo taken during a media tour on October 11, 2024 shows the neutrino detector, a stainless steel and acrylic sphere around 35 meters in diameter, at the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (Juno) in Kaiping, in southern China's Guangdong province.

Particle Physics

China races to unlock one of the biggest mysteries in particle physics

A powerful laser shines into a jet of gas, creating a bright plasma and generating ultraviolet light. The light leaves a visible white line as it interacts with leftover gas in the vacuum chamber. This process helps scientists precisely measure the energy needed to excite the thorium-229 nucleus, which is the core of a future nuclear clock.

Move over, atomic clocks: Nuclear clocks are on the way

Illustration of attomicroscope firing three beams

Particle Physics

The world’s fastest microscope captures electrons down to the attosecond

Illustration of atomic Fresnel lens

Particle Physics

This lens is just three atoms thick and works like a quantum lighthouse

Scientist inspects portion of LCLS installation

This record-breaking X-ray laser is ready to unlock quantum secrets

Google Sycamore processor for quantum computer hanging from a server room with gold and blue wires

Quantum computers can’t teleport things—yet

illustrations of a person being teleported in a 1960s style

Could quantum physics unlock teleportation?

By Bill Gourgey

quantum entangled system will be hosted on ISS

NASA is launching a new quantum entanglement experiment in space

By Charlotte Hu

Silver pocket watch being swung on a chain on a black background to symbolize a time crystal

Time crystals just got a little easier to make

IBM quantum eagle chip

IBM’s latest quantum chip breaks the elusive 100-qubit barrier

By Charlotte Hu

Caltech AWS quantum computing center

Amazon’s venture into the bizarre world of quantum computing has a new home base

By Charlotte Hu

A man looks through the cooling mechanism of a quantum computer.

What the heck is a quantum network?

quantum teleportation illustration

Quantum teleportation is real, but it’s not what you think

By Matthew R. Francis

Spooky action at a record-breaking distance

Spooky action at a record-breaking distance

By Sophie Bushwick