Can a single particle have a temperature? It may seem impossible with our standard understanding of temperature, but ...

For more than a century, modern physics has rested on two towering frameworks that do not quite agree with each other.

A team of researchers led by the University of Warwick has developed the first unified framework for detecting "spacetime ...

This puzzle is known as the problem of time, and it remains one of the most persistent obstacles to a unified theory of ...

In an effort to bring together the domains of gravity and quantum theory, Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen proposed a ...

Hoboken, N.J., July 14, 2025 — Quantum networking is being rapidly developed world-wide. It is a key quantum technology that will enable a global quantum internet: the ability to deploy secure ...

The field of quantum deformations explores systematic modifications of classical symmetry algebras that underpin our understanding of spacetime. These deformations introduce a quantum parameter – ...

Gravity has become an unlikely viral villain, blamed for an imagined global blackout in which the planet briefly lets go of ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Conventional wisdom has it that putting the ...