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


MIT researchers use quantum computing to observe entanglement

Researchers at the Center for Theoretical Physics lead work on testing quantum gravity on a quantum processor.

Julia C. Keller | School of Science • mit
Dec. 1, 2022 ~7 min

Four common misconceptions about quantum physics

Nope, ‘entangled’ particles don’t communicate.

Mehul Malik, Professor of Physics, Heriot-Watt University • conversation
Nov. 8, 2022 ~10 min

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