Theoretical physics isn’t the easiest field in science to translate into laymen’s terms. Until recently it’s solely been the domain of geniuses like the late Stephen Hawking and fictional characters ...

Quantum computing could change the world. It could transform medicine, break encryption and revolutionise communications and artificial intelligence. Companies like IBM, Microsoft and Google are ...

The latest "Google Doodle" to adorn the Google search engine home page is celebrating achievements in quantum physics - and aiming to spread interest in the field. Google's Doodle webpage explains ...

World Quantum Day explained, why April 14 links to Planck's constant, and how Google's 2026 Doodle highlights qubits and quantum ...

Scientists at the University of Sydney have, for the first time, used a quantum computer to engineer and directly observe a process critical in chemical reactions by slowing it down by a factor of 100 ...

To understand what quantum computers can do — and what they can’t — avoid falling for overly simple explanations. In reflective moments, though, I get it. The reality is that even if you removed all ...

We might not realize it, but many of us are probably at least vaguely familiar with some of the broad concepts within the (very) micro world of quantum mechanics—the idea that an electron can be in ...