The work of American artist Stanley Casselman lives at the intersection of art and science, translating the elements of reality—from the vastness of the cosmos to the infinitesimal building blocks of ...

Illustration of cesium atoms entering an ordered state after being chilled to a few billionths of a degree above absolute ...

A rewrite of quantum mechanics that includes the force of gravity could finally achieve one of physicists’ biggest goals and reveal the ultimate fuzziness of time ...

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Some materials are so strange they seem to break the rules of reality itself. From ultra-thin graphene stronger than steel to theoretical matter that could bend space and time, scientists are pushing ...

A team at the University of Chicago has discovered a surprisingly simple way to create powerful quantum states that are normally difficult to produce. By making small adjustments to the energy levels ...

Researchers have created quantum control techniques that can make a system appear to run backward in time. By precisely managing quantum measurements, they can reshape the system's arrow of time and ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. This year is the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, according to ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: You may feel like you’re constantly shaping your reality—but it could actually be the other way around. According to theory, when we interact with ...