Two physicists at the University of Stuttgart have proven that the Carnot principle, a central law of thermodynamics, does ...

Quantum mechanics is an extraordinarily successful way of understanding the physical world at extremely small scales. Through it, a handful of rules can be used to explain the majority of ...

In a study, physicists now observed a class of quantum particles called fractional excitons, which behave in unexpected ways and could significantly expand scientists' understanding of the quantum ...

A rare and bewildering intermediate between crystal and glass can be the most stable arrangement for some combinations of atoms, according to a study from the University of Michigan. The findings come ...

The Nobel committee said that the laureates' work provides opportunities to develop "the next generation of quantum ...

The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2025 honors scaled-up quantum physics—while sidestepping controversies swirling around quantum ...

The award was given to Briton John Clarke, Frenchman Michel H. Devoret and American John M. Martinis for “experiments that ...