In quantum physics, there’s a state with even less energy than a vacuum, called a true vacuum, which is stable because it has ...

A new recipe of "quadratic gravity" could help to better define the picture of the Big Bang and the singularity that existed ...

In the strange world of quantum physics, some effects are not just hard to ...

Researchers have found that a swirling water vortex can force opposing waves to form rotating lines of stillness across an ...

Three RIKEN researchers have demonstrated a way to stop problematic "dark modes" from squelching intriguing effects in ...

Researchers at McGill University have developed a novel device that generates sound-like particles known as phonons at ...

In many quantum materials—materials with unusual electrical and magnetic properties driven by quantum mechanical effects—electrons can organize themselves into Landau levels. Landau levels are ...

Quantum effects are fundamental in shaping the behaviour of molecular systems, from modifying reaction pathways to influencing physical properties. At the molecular scale, classical theories are often ...

Cornell University scientists have found out why a rare crystal, ruthenium chloride, behaved as if exotic particles lived ...

A leading physicist argues the brain may operate like a quantum system—and that enhancing it could create humans who perceive ...

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