It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced ...

This week, researchers published LIGO findings that hint at the existence of second-generation black holes. Astronomers ...

The uncertainty inherent to quantum mechanics has long left physicists wondering whether the observations we make on the ...

Evidence of this quantum layer may be coming soon. Here’s what you’ll learn in this story: Physicists are still puzzling over ...

Identifying quantum phases of matters has quantum computers stumped and could represent a boundary to physical observation ...

The long-debated idea that we might all be living in a computer simulation—popularized by science fiction films like The Matrix—has taken a major hit.

Within five years we are likely to start to see real-world applications become possible, even before we get to a large-scale ...

Physicist Mir Faizal, Adjunct Professor with UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, was not out to shatter the ...

In a recent feat that’s sparked excitement in quantum labs worldwide, Caltech researchers have managed to place atoms in a ...

It's a well-known fact that quantum calculations are difficult, but one would think that quantum computers would facilitate the process. In most cases, this is true.

If we become quantum tomorrow, data is lost today. Quantum comes down to size and efficiency. Current computers approach ...