By Leah Crane An illustration of gravitational waves around black hole Getty Images/iStockphoto Source: iStockphoto We may finally have a way to detect the quantum nature of gravity. The question of how gravity and quantum mechanics fit together has been one of the biggest problems in physics for decades. TheContinue Reading
By Philip Ball AN APPLE never appears to be in many places at one. That statement hardly seems surprising – until you start burrowing into the depths of quantum weirdness, and realise there’s no fundamental reason why that shouldn’t be so. The theory of decoherence implies that the reason quantumnessContinue Reading
The maths suggests the reality we get from quantum probabilities is random, but there might be some hidden determinism at play – or perhaps the present can influence the past Physics 25 August 2021 By Miriam Frankel Skizzomat THE quantum realm of atoms and particles has randomness at its core.Continue Reading
New research reveals hints of quantum states in tiny proteins called microtubules inside brain cells. If the results stand up, the idea that consciousness is quantum might come in from the cold Physics 25 August 2021 By Thomas Lewton Skizzomat IF IT is a controversial idea that warm, wet lifeContinue Reading
There is tantalising evidence to suggest that photosynthesis in some bacteria depends on quantum coherence and birds’ amazing feats of navigation rely on entanglement Physics 25 August 2021 By Thomas Lewton Chloroplasts in plant cells are centres of photosynthesis – and quantum weirdness, too? Science Photo Library ONE response to theContinue Reading
The maths suggests the reality we get from quantum probabilities is random, but there might be some hidden determinism at play – or perhaps the present can influence the past Physics 25 August 2021 By Miriam Frankel Skizzomat THE quantum realm of atoms and particles has randomness at its core.Continue Reading
Quantum theory can’t be the final answer and some theorists are exploring new ways to formulate physical laws – and yet there is no guarantee that any theory can completely describe the universe Physics 25 August 2021 By Michael Brooks Shutterstock/Jurik Peter QUANTUM theory earned its exalted status by providingContinue Reading
After “quantum supremacy”, the next step is scaling up and mastering the errors that dog qubits. But some researchers reckon the noise might always to be too high for useful quantum computers Physics 25 August 2021 By Michael Brooks Skizzomat IT IS 40 years since physicist Richard Feynman pointed outContinue Reading
The way we calculate the properties of subatomic particles with quantum theory goes haywire when it comes to hypothetical particles of gravity, but there may be a clever workaround Physics 25 August 2021 By Anna Demming Image Collection/Alamy WHEN the two most important figures in your life don’t get along,Continue Reading
Quantum phenomena “wash out” as particles interact with the environment, but classical properties survive. Are they selected in a process analogous to evolution by natural selection? Physics 25 August 2021 By Philip Ball Panther Media GmbH/Alamy IT IS often said that the very small is governed by quantum physics, andContinue Reading
