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On Tuesday the field of quantum mechanics received a thoughtful 100th-birthday present from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences: three shiny new medals, 11 million Swedish kronor (to be divided ...

"He didn't quit, I fired him!" Trump posted online early Saturday morning. U.S. Attorney Erik Siebert resigned his position Friday amid pressure from Trump administration officials to bring a criminal ...

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"It may take decades before we find out what really happens in black holes." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Reports of the ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. When she was 10 years old, Rose Yu got a birthday present that would change her life—and, potentially, the way we study physics. Her ...

Students are getting a unique perspective on the quantum field and industry through a program they themselves are helping to shape. Quantum Scholars, which launched in 2023, is providing community and ...

It appears that we live on the knife-edge, where only the narrowest combination of values for the fundamental constants allow life, and especially conscious life, to arise. When you purchase through ...