Once a baffling theory, quantum mechanics has evolved into a driving force behind modern technology and frontier research.

Some quantum cryptographers want to find ways to keep messages secret even if the rules of quantum mechanics don’t hold. The ...

Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle states that there are limits to how precisely certain pairs of physical properties, like ...

For many of us, advanced physics can be tough to understand to begin with, which makes it all the more impressive whenever someone earns a Nobel Prize for advancing the field even further. The latest ...

Quantum mechanics is one of the most successful theories in science — and makes much of modern life possible. Technologies ranging from computer chips to medical-imaging machines rely on the ...

The quantum revolution in physics — whose 100th anniversary we have just celebrated — taught us that at the most basic level ...

With an applied physics: mechanics degree, you’ll combine physics principles with the design experience of mechanical engineering as you prepare for graduate school or industry work. Become who you’re ...