The award was given to Briton John Clarke, Frenchman Michel H. Devoret and American John M. Martinis for “experiments that ...

The discovery honored with this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics takes phenomena observed in the subatomic world—the ...

On the centennial of modern quantum mechanics, the Nobel Committee awarded the year’s most prestigious physics prize to an ...

For years, researchers have puzzled over how the ancient people of Rapa Nui did the seemingly impossible and moved their ...

John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work showing how bizarre ...

The Nobel committee said that the laureates' work provides opportunities to develop "the next generation of quantum ...

According to Alfred Nobel's will, the Nobel Prize in Physics was to go to "the person who shall have made the most important discovery or invention within the field of physics." The prize has been ...

Virtual particles may not be real, but they help physicists track how forces move, and allow for incredibly precise ...

Time machines don’t exist, but walking into Kumback Lunch in Perry, Oklahoma feels suspiciously like you’ve been transported back to another era. The neon-trimmed marquee outside proudly announces not ...

For decades, quantum computing has felt like something out of science fiction — abstract, theoretical, and always “10 years ...

This study addresses an important question and shows how social navigation in homing pigeons can be explained by simple averaging, without requiring any complex cognitive abilities. The evidence, ...

When you shine a flashlight into a glass of water, the beam bends. That simple observation, familiar since ancient times, ...