The quantum layer will will not be exhausted by one hardware modality, one algorithmic framework or one vendor’s roadmap.

Illustration of the new method: the researchers use five-dimensional black holes (right) to calculate the phase diagram of strongly coupled matter (middle), enabling simulations of neutron star ...

A new model suggests dark matter may be more complex than a single substance, potentially reshaping how scientists interpret hidden structures across the universe.

Could a warp drive stop being a physics parlor trick and become a serious design problem? That question has returned because ...

Dark matter remains one of the greatest mysteries of modern physics. It is clear that it must exist, because without dark matter, for example, the motion of galaxies cannot be explained. But it has ...

Astronomers have put together one of the most comprehensive maps of all the matter in the universe. The huge undertaking hints at a slightly smoother universe than we thought, suggesting that ...

In its original form, Gibbs-Boltzmann statistical mechanics cannot describe “active matter,” such as living, driven, or self-propelled systems. Contemporary models of swarming and flocking behaviors, ...

What makes the newest warp-drive proposal notable is not speed, but restraint. For three decades, the standard obstacle in ...