Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...
In an effort to bring together the domains of gravity and quantum theory, Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen proposed a ...
Quantum computing is slowly entering the mainstream, as more people discuss the technology and its potential within ...
Quantum mechanics has always carried a quiet tension. At its core, the theory allows particles to exist in many states at ...
For more than a century, modern physics has rested on two towering frameworks that do not quite agree with each other.
Photo of the experimental setup to couple MWs to N- š‘‰ā¢s using grape dimers. A stripped optical fiber with N- š‘‰ spins, cantilevered from a rod, lies between two grapes. The grapes were positioned on ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In the fall of 2022, a Princeton University graduate student named Carolina Figueiredo stumbled onto a massive coincidence. She ...
John von Neumann came about as close as humanly possible to embodying the Platonic ideal of a genius. Conversant in ancient Greek by age 6, the Hungarian made significant mathematical advances in his ...
At TU Wien, researchers have discovered a state in a quantum material that had previously been considered impossible. The ...
Electrons are usually described as particles, but in a rare quantum material, that picture completely breaks down ...
To alumnus Gal Weitz (EngrPhys, ApMath’22), Boulder was a ā€œdream destinationā€ for undergrad. Now working in quantitative finance, Weitz shares how his education at CU Boulder set him up for success in ...