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

Researchers devise a new path toward ‘quantum light’

Researchers have theorised a new mechanism to generate high-energy ‘quantum light’, which could be used to investigate new properties of matter at the atomic

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Feb. 2, 2023 • ~4 min

Liang Fu and Patrick Lee receive Larkin Awards in Theoretical Physics

Inaugural award goes to MIT condensed matter theory professors of physics.

Sandi Miller | Department of Physics • mit
Oct. 31, 2022 • ~4 min

The magic of touch: how deafblind people taught us to 'see' the world differently during COVID

A cultural collaboration with deafblind people led to the development of a high-tech device to help navigate their world post-lockdown

Azadeh Emadi, Lecturer in Screen Production, School of Culture & Creative Arts, University of Glasgow • conversation
Oct. 10, 2022 • ~21 min

Nobel-winning quantum weirdness undergirds an emerging high-tech industry, promising better ways of encrypting communications and imaging your body

Quantum entanglement is the stuff of sci-fi, advanced physics research and, increasingly, technology used by governments, banks and the military.

Nicholas Peters, Joint Faculty, University of Tennessee • conversation
Oct. 7, 2022 • ~7 min

Professor Suchitra Sebastian to receive the Schmidt Science Polymaths Award

Cambridge physicist Professor Suchitra Sebastian to join group of ten recently tenured professors named to Polymath Program, awarded up to $2.5 million each

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 30, 2022 • ~6 min

Harvard researcher unlocks potential of quantum technologies

Chemical biology professor works to crack secrets of new states of matter.

Yahya Chaudhry • harvard
March 23, 2022 • ~6 min

‘Back to basics’ approach helps unravel new phase of matter

A new phase of matter, thought to be understandable only using quantum physics, can be studied with far simpler classical methods.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Sept. 27, 2021 • ~6 min

Can consciousness be explained by quantum physics? My research takes us a step closer to finding out

New experiments could help scientists settle the longstanding debate about whether consciousness is generated by quantum activity.

Cristiane de Morais Smith, Professor, Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University • conversation
July 19, 2021 • ~8 min

Can the laws of physics disprove God?

If God could break the laws of physics, why haven't we seen any evidence of the laws ever being broken in the universe?

Monica Grady, Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University • conversation
Feb. 22, 2021 • ~14 min

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