Google Explores Quantum Chaos on Its Most Powerful Quantum Computer Chip
“Quantum echoes” rippling through Google’s quantum computer chip Willow could lead to advances in molecular chemistry and the physics of black holes
How the Physics Nobel Recognized Quantum Weirdness and Avoided Hype
The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2025 honors scaled-up quantum physics—while sidestepping controversies swirling around quantum computing
A Forgotten Math Idea Could Supercharge Quantum Computers
Scientists have revived an ignored area of math to envision a path toward stable quantum computing
Quantum Physics Is Bizarre. So Why Have We Loved It for 100 Years?
A survey of Scientific American’s century of quantum coverage helps explain the enduring popularity of strange physics
Physicists Can’t Agree on What Quantum Mechanics Says about Reality
A survey of more than 1,000 physicists finds deep disagreements in what quantum theories mean in the real world
U.S. Science and Scientific American Have Weathered Attacks Before and Won
Federal officials seized 3,000 copies of Scientific American in 1950 in a “red scare” era of attacks on science. The move backfired and offers lessons for today
First-Ever Antimatter Qubit Could Help Crack Cosmic Mysteries
The first antimatter qubit will help search for differences between matter and antimatter
Mysterious Antimatter Physics Discovered at the Large Hadron Collider
The LHCb experiment has observed a new difference between matter and antimatter in particles called baryons
Quantum Computers Simulate Particle ‘String Breaking’ in a Physics Breakthrough
Physicists are a step closer to using quantum computers for simulations that are beyond the ability of any ordinary computers
Do Wobbling Muons Point the Way to New Physics?
The most anticipated particle physics result of recent years is here—but the real news came one week before: the “muon g–2 anomaly” might have never existed
Bizarre Quantum Universe
Even how matter exists in the first place is a mystery to physicists
The Quantum Bubble That Could Destroy the Universe
A freak particle physics process could wipe out all galaxies and life—but it’s wildly unlikely