Quantum spin liquids are fascinating states of matter where magnetic spins stay disordered, defying the usual rules of magnetism. Scientists have made an exciting discovery about one such material.

"Despite their name, quantum spin liquids exist in solid materials ... the foundation of the Standard Model of particle physics. Similarly, the theory of quantum pyrochlore magnets describes ...

By linking theoretical predictions with neutron experiments, researchers have found evidence for quantum spin ice in the material Ce2Sn2O7. Their findings, which may inspire the technology of tomorrow ...

Philip Ball looks at how a little-known paper by Niels Bohr demonstrates the turmoil in physics on the brink of quantum ...

The year 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of quantum ... spin up electron is in a quantum superposition of ...

“String theory was developed for people to understand the physics of the strong interaction. [...] People started from a very ...

Quantum field theory marries the ideas of other quantum ... The Dirac equation had a sting in its tail: it predicted the existence of a particle identical to the electron in every way, apart ...

Richard Feynmann noted more than once that complementarity is the central mystery that lies at the heart of quantum theory ... something as an individual “particle” or a “wave.” ...

The modern evolutionary synthesis, which marries Darwin's theory of natural ... digital gift from quantum mechanics is information processing. As noted above, an electron spin can be taken to ...

A new study published in Scientific Reports simulates particle creation in an expanding universe using IBM quantum computers, demonstrating the digital quantum simulation of quantum field theory ...

To begin with, there’s no single quantum theory. There’s quantum mechanics ... such as how the position or momentum of a single particle or group of few particles changes over time.