First formulated in 1935, the famous thought experiment attempts to explain the weirdness of quantum superposition, but a new study shows that this theoretical feline is really only the beginning of ...

A new paper published in Physics Open by Ranjit Singh, an independent researcher based in Moscow, Russia, and Alexander E. Teretenkov from the Steklov Mathematical Institute of the Russian Academy of ...

Researchers from the University of Basel have published details of how electrons within a cluster of molecules interact with ...

Quantum states can only be prepared and observed under highly controlled conditions. A research team from Innsbruck, Austria, has now succeeded in creating so-called hot Schrödinger cat states in a ...

A centimeter-sized crystal has revealed clear signs of quantum entanglement, showing that large, everyday objects can display ...

Thu, April 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM UTC Remember those hologram stickers that used to show two things at once, and all you had to do was turn the sticker slightly? There is a similar phenomenon in physics, ...

Quantum superpositions are typically fragile and fleeting, but one such state has now been maintained for a record-breaking 23 minutes. Keeping quantum states stable for this long could help make more ...

Pioneer of quantum mechanics Erwin Schrödinger's look at living organisms is one of the most influential popular-science ...

A study published in April 2026 in Proceedings of the Royal Society A shows a different possibility. Researchers demonstrated ...

This article is part of a package on the future of quantum computing. Read about the most promising applications of these machines here and see an illustrated field guide to qubits here. Inside a ...