But researchers still disagree widely on how best to describe the physical reality that lies behind the mathematics, as a ...

In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of modern quantum mechanics, a survey asked 1,101 physicists for their takes on ...

Einstein and Bohr would have never thought that this is possible, to perform such an experiment with single atoms and single photons,” said Wolfgang Ketterle, head of the MIT group whose new ...

MIT physicists have performed an idealized version of one of the most famous experiments in quantum physics. Their findings ...

Quantum field theory (QFT) is a physics framework that describes how particles and forces behave based on principles rooted ...

A quiet revolution is taking shape in the world of physics, and it doesn’t rely on exotic particles or massive particle colliders. Instead, it begins with something much more familiar—sound.

In quantum mechanics, this is a result of the uncertainty principle, which dictates that you can’t know the phase (position) and amplitude (power) of light at the same time.

The quantum vacuum introduces a background flicker of light that enters LIGO’s arms, and this light pushes the mirrors, shifting them on the same scale as the gravitational waves LIGO aims to ...