Since the 1990s, evidence has been growing that quantum computers should be able to solve a range of particularly complex ...

For a century, quantum theory has passed every experimental test, but physicists can’t agree on how to use it to paint a picture of our reality – or even whether that is possible ...

This persnickety number determines the strength of magnetic fields. It figures in everything from motors and generators to ...

Quantum science is a growing discipline at UD, which joined the Mid-Atlantic Quantum Alliance in 2021 and has a new graduate program in Quantum Science and Engineering. Quantum physics looks at the ...

Quantum physics underlies technologies from the laser to the smartphone. The International Year of Quantum marks a century of scientific developments.

After netting the world’s highest-paying science award, preeminent theoretical physicist Gerard ’t Hooft reflects on his legacy and the future of physics ...

Neutrinos Are Shrinking, and That’s a Good Thing for Physics A new estimate of the ghostly particle’s maximum possible mass brings physicists a tad closer to understanding the universe.

Physics and Astronomy is one of the seven departments within the Purdue University College of Science. World-class research is performed in astrophysics, atomic and molecular optics, accelerator mass ...