This idea puts a morbid twist on quantum theory, suggesting that a copy of you may remain alive, no matter what.

Explore the key moments in the history of quantum theory, from the early ideas of Albert Einstein and Werner Heisenberg to ...

However, when you zoom all the way in to the smallest particles, classical physics stops working quite as well, and the rules of quantum mechanics come into play ... a light switch is either on or off ...

After netting the world’s highest-paying science award, preeminent theoretical physicist Gerard ’t Hooft reflects on his ...

New breakthrough in quantum mechanics could make electronics more efficient Spintronics researchers discovered a new mechanism to generate strong spin currents that could bring us a step closer to low ...

Researchers have developed a method to quickly create NOON states using ultra-cold atoms. These states, which play an ...

Researchers used a 56-qubit system to create truly random numbers that even the most powerful supercomputers couldn't predict or fake.

INNSBRUCK, Austria — A team of physicists has shattered conventional wisdom about quantum mechanics by creating “hot Schrödinger cat states” at temperatures much warmer than previously ...

Until the box is opened and the cat is observed, Schrödinger said, the rules of quantum mechanics mean that the unfortunate feline should exist in a superposition of states, simultaneously dead ...

A cat is locked in a box. According to quantum mechanics, until the box is opened, the cat is both alive and dead. This simultaneous combination of two states is called superposition. It is only ...