For centuries, the concept of consciousness has intrigued philosophers and scientists alike. Often deemed too abstract for ...

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Researchers at UBC have found a way to mimic the elusive Schwinger effect using superfluid helium, where vortex pairs appear ...

The researchers extended existing theoretical models to account for quantum fluctuations and applied these models to flowing condensates, discovering stable density and velocity fluctuation patterns ...

A new study addresses a foundational problem in the theory of driven quantum matter by extending the Středa formula to ...

The speed of light, c, is not just a very large number. In modern physics it is a structural constant: the conversion factor ...

Max Planck is widely recognized as the father of quantum theory for his groundbreaking work on energy quanta. His initial ...

Nikhil Malvankar, a Mumbai-born professor at Yale has blended biology and quantum mechanics to uncover a microbial mystery ...

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IBM is racing Google, Amazon, Microsoft and a handful of startups to build the world’s first viable quantum computer.

The quantum world is already full of surprises, but a new discovery has added an entire wing to what scientists call the ...