Quantum Physics
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How It Works issue 163: Your nervous system explained
By Ben Biggs published
Discover the intricate network of specialised cells that make up your nervous system, and how this command center controls everything from thinking to walking.
Black holes may grow quantum 'hair'
By Stephanie Pappas published
The quantum state of a black hole's gravitational field may hold clues as to what is beyond the event horizon.
Weird quantum boomerang predicted 60 years ago spotted for the first time
By Ben Turner published
The effect has been predicted for more than 60 years.
Quantum computing: Definition, facts & uses
By Mark Smith published
Reference Quantum computing is millions of times faster than traditional computing. These computers are able to do in seconds what would take millennia for our most powerful supercomputers to pull off today.
What is quantum mechanics?
By Adam Mann published
Reference Quantum mechanics is the body of scientific laws that describe the wacky behavior of photons, electrons and the other particles that make up the universe.
Physicists create bizarre quantum 'domain walls' in new experiment
By Ashley Hamer published
Strange 'domain walls' act like independent quantum object in the new experiment.
Weird quantum objects known as Q balls could explain why we exist
By Ashley Hamer published
Bizarre quantum objects called Q balls could explain why the universe if filled with matter and ultimately why we exist.
Physicists create new state of matter from quantum soup of magnetically weird particles
By Ben Turner published
The messy quantum soup of spin states allows for quantum entanglement across an entire material.
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