Once considered an oddity of quantum physics, time crystals could be a good building block for accurate clocks and sensors, ...

Time feels steady and familiar in daily life, but at the quantum level it becomes slippery. That puzzle now has a fresh twist ...

Time may feel smooth and continuous, but at the quantum level it behaves very differently. Physicists have now found a way to measure how long ultrafast quantum events actually last, without relying ...

Physicists have found a way to measure how long ultra-fast quantum events actually take—without using a clock at all.

At the smallest scales of nature, the rules of the world shift in ways that can feel unsettling and beautiful at the same ...

For decades, quantum physics and general relativity have stood as two powerful but separate theories. Quantum physics explains the behavior of tiny particles like atoms and photons. General relativity ...

An experiment measuring a single atom's recoil confirmed that observing a particle destroys interference, settling the ...

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Quantum physics paints a strange picture of the world, one filled with spooky connections, unsettling uncertainties ...

A team of US researchers has unveiled a device that can conduct electricity along its fractionally charged edges without ...

Physicists have now managed to track the passage of time inside a quantum event without using anything that looks like a ...