Topic: Quantum Mechanics

Why the age of quantum computing is nearer than you think

New research published out of the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics is one of the best examples of quantum computing beginning to flirt with practical technology.

Pi Day: five fun facts about 3.14

March 14, or 3.14, is Pi Day. Get it? Pi Day celebrates all things related to the mathematical constant that measures the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. Here are five things you should know about π. 

Rushworth Kidder: Ethicist, journalist, scholar

Rushworth Kidder, who passed away on March 5, was a former Monitor columnist and a leading advocate of ethical conduct in business, government, education, and personal life.

Neutrino particle traveling faster than light? Two ways it could rewrite physics.

European scientists are shocked by an experiment that showed neutrino particles moving faster than light. The result, if confirmed, could challenge Einstein's signature theory on relativity or point to a universe of more than four dimensions.

How the Hippies Saved Physics, by David Kaiser

Modern theoretical physics owes its survival, in part, to the counterculture movement of the 1960s and ’70s.

20 of the smartest nonfiction titles for summer reading

Some of this summer's best books will introduce you to Machu Picchu, hippie physicists, Parisian walks, and a serial imposter. And that’s just the nonfiction.

Is the universe a big hologram? This device could find out.

Scientists at Fermilab are constructing a 'holometer' to get a closer look at the fabric of spacetime.

Quantum entanglement could lead to superfast computers

Quantum entanglement – a bizarre instantaneous link between particles – has been proven to occur.

Protons actually smaller than we thought, new measurement finds

The proton, which was previously thought to be really, really, really, really small, could actually be really, really, really, really, really small, new research suggests.

Theory of Everything: To come up with it, scientists drop an experiment down an elevator shaft

Theory of Everything: In an attempt to reconcile quantum mechanics with general relativity, scientists dropped super-cold quantum gas down a five-story shaft.

Work on 'veiled reality' earns French physicist $1.4 million award

Prestigious Templeton Prize recognizes his theory that a new reality lurks behind matter and other observable phenomena.

For kids: a different kind of gold medal

Nobel Prizes honor men and women who've made the world a better place.

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