The world of quantum physics is mysterious. But what happens when that realm of subatomic particles is placed under immense pressure? A team led by physicists at Washington University in St. Louis has ...

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Scientists have finally unlocked a way to identify the elusive W state of quantum entanglement, solving a decades-old problem ...

The world of quantum physics is already mysterious, but what happens when that strange realm of subatomic particles is put ...

Since the 1990s, evidence has been growing that quantum computers should be able to solve a range of particularly complex ...

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One hundred years ago on a quiet, rocky island, German physicist Werner Heisenberg helped set in motion a series of scientific developments that would touch nearly all of physics. There, Heisenberg ...

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Noise is annoying, whether you're trying to sleep or exploit the laws of quantum physics. Although noise from environmental ...