Quantum Physics

Stephen Hawking's death marks not just loss of a great physicist, but also a passionate science communicator

A TIFR scientist recounts the experience of watching Stephen Hawking speak to a packed audience during an international conference in India | #FirstCulture

Stephen Hawking, a genuine legend: Originality, magnitude of contributions account for his mythic status

You could strip away all the sensational aspects of Stephen Hawking's life and the scientific legacy that remains, will be in physics textbooks a hundred years from now

Volkswagen and Google announce plans to team up on quantum computing research

Volkswagen said that specialists from the two companies will work together using Google quantum computers, jointly developing algorithms and simulations.

It is impossible that humans are living in a Matrix style simulated universe: Study

Following the popularity of 90s classic The Matrix many have questioned whether our world is a mere simulation and humans are in reality just a "Brain in a Vat".

MIT used 600 year old starlight to remove loophole in test for quantum entanglement

So far, experiments to prove quantum entanglement have not managed to convince scientists of the reality of the phenomenon.

China reports that the Chinese QUESS quantum communications satellite is finally operational

The Chinese Academy of Sciences claims that the world’s first quantum communication satellite is finally operational.

China sets up global quantum communications network

China has begun establishing quantum communications networks in several cities, and is currently building a 1,000-km quantum communications line connecting Beijing and Shanghai.

Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt, Arieh Warshel win 2013 Chemistry Nobel

The Nobel winners in chemistry for this year devised methods that use both classical and quantum physics.

Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt, Arieh Warshel win 2013 Chemistry Nobel

The Nobel winners in chemistry for this year devised methods that use both classical and quantum physics.

Google doodle honours scientist Erwin Schrodinger on 126th birthday

Today is Edwin Schrodinger's birthday, and he is being honoured by Google with a doodle representing the dead-and-alive cat experiment, which has become one of his most famous contributions to science