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Physicists found a simple and effective way to skip over an energy level in a three-state system, potentially leading to increased quantum computational power with fewer qubits.

It is one of the most important laws of nature that we know: The famous second law of thermodynamics says that ... At first glance, however, quantum physics does not really seem to adhere to this rule ...

Mathematical equations have been the greatest tool to explain the world around us and the key to advance our knowledge about ...

In 1972, the US meteorologist Edward Lorenz asked a now-famous question: "Does the flap of a ... There was no randomness in Lorenz's equations. The different outcome was caused by the tiny change in ...

Rain can freefall at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour. If the droplets land in a puddle or pond, they can form a crown-like ...

By observing tiny ripples in spacetime called "gravitational waves" that propagate away from colliding black holes, ...

Quantum mechanics — the most successful and important theory in modern physics — is like that ... Then, you have equations of motion, which tell us how the system will evolve, given its ...

Steven Weinberg: A Life in Physics Steven Weinberg Cambridge Univ ... and it was their box”. He made his most famous breakthrough soon after he moved to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...

The housing markets in many countries are teeming with buyers, but they have been quelled by a distinct lack of buying power ...

Italian scientists have drawn from thermodynamic principles to prevent a famous pasta from turning ... at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems in Dresden, Germany, who ...