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How quantum superposition forces us to confront what is truly real

What are quantum particles doing before we measure them? Getting to grips with this century-old debate takes us to the heart of whether there is an objective reality

Features

A 3d rendered image of particles

Physics

The deep lessons quasiparticles teach us about the nature of reality

Features

Chair on a jetty

Physics

How metaphysics probes hidden assumptions to make sense of reality

Features

People view superconducting quantum computer model during the 8th Digital China Summit at the Fuzhou Strait International Conference and Exhibition Center on April 29, 2025 in Fuzhou, Fujian Province of China. The summit highlights the country's strides in digital transformation and the expansion of its digital economy. (Photo by Zhang Bin/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images) 2212665605

Physics

At last, we are discovering what quantum computers will be useful for

Features

Physics

Could Israel's bombing trigger a nuclear accident in Iran?

Analysis

Physics

Morse code messages can be trapped in bubbles within blocks of ice

News

Searching for the past and future of quantum physics on a tiny island

Physics

Searching for the past and future of quantum physics on a tiny island

News

Astronaut Scott Kelly posted this photo of an aurora taken from the International Space Station to Twitter on August 15, 2015

Physics

The radical idea that space-time remembers could upend cosmology

Features

Giant atoms 'trapped' for record time at room temperature

Physics

Giant atoms 'trapped' for record time at room temperature

News

Physics

Microwaves seem to experience imaginary time – and now we know how

Almost a decade ago, researchers calculated that microwaves can seemingly spend an imaginary amount of time within a material – now an experiment reveals how the phenomenon is perfectly real

News

Physics

Why John Stewart Bell has been haunting quantum mechanics for decades

Comment

Physics

Light has been made into a fluid that simulates space-time

News

Physics

Physicist Frank Close's new book is a welcome rework of the atomic age

Culture

Physics

Fabulous time travel novel is part-thriller and part-romance

Culture

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