When a German physicist returned from a health retreat 100 years ago, his ideas sparked a debate about reality, and gave rise ...

Astrophysicist Paul Sutter explains Quantum Mechanics - the body of scientific laws that describe the wacky behavior of photons, electrons and the other particles that make up the universe.

What is quantum physics? Put simply, it’s the physics that explains how everything works: the best description we have of the nature of the particles that make up matter and the forces with which they ...

A survey of Scientific American’s century of quantum coverage helps explain the enduring popularity of strange physics ...

Math, specifically calculus, is a barrier to many natural sciences, technology and engineering fields. Physics, which is math-heavy, often proves similarly challenging to students who wish to pursue ...

For a century, quantum theory has passed every experimental test, but physicists can’t agree on how to use it to paint a picture of our reality – or even whether that is possible ...

One hundred years after its birth, quantum mechanics remains one of the most powerful and successful theories in all of ...