What is quantum physics? Put simply, it’s the physics that explains how everything works: the best description we have of the nature of the particles that make up matter and the forces with ...

Quantum lidar could help driverless vehicles spot bright objects Driverless cars can use lasers to sense objects, but reflected light from nearby vehicles or bright sunlight can interfere.

Apr 5, 2023 · What you’ll find below is a concise, clear-eyed guide to the known particles and forces – from electrons, quarks, and neutrinos to photons and the Higgs boson – as well as the quantum laws ...

Aug 14, 2025 · The fact that quantum mechanics is a mathematical model of the world that describes it really well, yet we can’t develop and agree upon what it means, is something worth unpacking, he says.

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Jan 30, 2024 · Physics A bold new take on quantum theory could reveal how reality emerges At the smallest scales, everything is made out of a cloud of quantum possibilities.

Aug 1, 2025 · Physics Could we get quantum spookiness even without entanglement? Particles of light travelling through a maze of devices seem to have passed a famous test for entanglement – without …

Mar 26, 2025 · Researchers have identified the border between quantum physics and some as-yet-unknown post-quantum realm by mathematically analysing all possible measurements of simple …

Sep 9, 2024 · A 135-year-old chemistry law is getting a quantum makeover. An experiment with a single quantum bit, or a qubit, has uncovered that the Arrhenius equation, which describes how reaction …

Oct 18, 2024 · Exotic quantum rifts have been created with charged atoms, and they exist in a superposition of being in two places at once. This is a first step towards better understanding the …