International team reports powerful tool for studying, tuning atomically thin materials

Work could lead to heady applications in novel electronics and more.

Elizabeth A. Thomson | Materials Research Laboratory • mit
June 27, 2023 ~8 min

Quantum physics proposes a new way to study biology – and the results could revolutionize our understanding of how life works

Studying the brief and tiny quantum effects that drive living systems could one day lead to new approaches to treatments and technologies.

Clarice D. Aiello, Quantum Biology Tech (QuBiT) Lab, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles • conversation
May 15, 2023 ~9 min


Stephen Hawking and I created his final theory of the cosmos – here's what it reveals about the origins of time and life

The enigma at the centre of our 20-year collaboration was how the Big Bang could have created conditions so perfectly hospitable to life

Thomas Hertog, Professor of physics, KU Leuven • conversation
May 10, 2023 ~9 min

Team creates heaviest Schrödinger’s cat yet

Researchers have created the heaviest Schrödinger cat to date by putting a crystal in a superposition of two oscillation states.

ETH Zurich • futurity
May 8, 2023 ~6 min

Great Mysteries of Physics 3: is there a multiverse?

Some physicists believe we could one day find evidence of other universes.

Miriam Frankel, Podcast host, The Conversation • conversation
March 22, 2023 ~5 min

Quantum mechanics: how the future might influence the past

If we accepted that the future could influence the past, we could get rid of many counter-intuitive aspects of quantum mechanics.

Ken Wharton, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, San José State University • conversation
March 8, 2023 ~9 min

QuARC 2023 explores the leading edge in quantum information and science

The second annual student-industry conference was held in-person for the first time.

Center for Quantum Engineering • mit
March 3, 2023 ~6 min

Engineers discover a new way to control atomic nuclei as “qubits”

Using lasers, researchers can directly control a property of nuclei called spin, that can encode quantum information.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 15, 2023 ~5 min


Team controls two quantum light sources

"We can now control two quantum light sources and connect them to each other. It might not sound like much, but it's a major advancement..."

Michael Skov Jensen-Copenhagen • futurity
Feb. 7, 2023 ~5 min

Physicists observe rare resonance in molecules for the first time

The findings could provide a new way to control chemical reactions.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 1, 2023 ~8 min

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