This is the International Year of the Quantum, celebrating quantum science and its many applications. It also marks the centenary of Werner Heisenberg’s seminal work in modern physics. In recent years ...
“There’s a whole quest to build a quantum computer,” Frank Verstraete, one of Belgium’s top quantum physicist, tells me. “All the big technology companies like Google and Amazon and IBM are pouring in ...
With more than 40 years in the tech industry, former IBM quantum leader Bob Sutor discusses the inflection point we’re now at with the emerging technology. Quantum computing is at the forefront of ...
On the centennial of modern quantum mechanics, the Nobel Committee awarded the year’s most prestigious physics prize to an ...
You might be familiar with the qubit, the fundamental unit of quantum information. As its name suggests, a qubit in a quantum computer performs the same function as a bit in a classical computer, with ...
Create a Physics World account to get access to all available digital issues of the monthly magazine. Your Physics World ...
The 2025 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to a trio of scientists – a Briton, a Frenchman and an American – for their ground-breaking discoveries in the field of quantum mechanics.
Quantum physics is often described as the most successful scientific framework in history. In its 100 years of existence, it has explained everything from the periodic table of the elements to how ...
It has never been straightforward to probe the secrets of quantum systems. Quantum systems are powerful but extremely hard to ...
Briton John Clarke, Frenchman Michel Devoret and American John Martinis won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for putting ...