Quantum physics is the study of matter and energy at its most fundamental level. A central tenet of quantum physics is that energy comes in indivisible packets called quanta. Quanta behave very ...

The quantum and gravitational theory group of the Brandeis Physics Department conducts research on a range of topics in theoretical physics, including string theory, classical and quantum gravity, ...

One of the strangest facts in computer science is that it's really hard to generate true random numbers. For a computer, ...

But a new study has found a limit at which such quantum correlations stop – and surprisingly, something even stronger may begin. “Honestly, we are at the edge of science here,” says Jean ...

Theoretical physicists James Hartle and Stephen Hawking, for example, proposed that rather than having a strict beginning as ...

and by introducing more quantum ideas entirely at odds with classical physics. The ‘quantum of action’ introduced by Planck (now known as Planck’s constant, h, whose ‘reduced’ form when ...

Prof. Seth Aubin -- experiment Quantum gases, laser cooling & trapping, atom chips, atom interferometry, parity violation. Prof. Todd Averett -- experiment Nuclear physics, polarized nuclear targets.

In this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast, we explore how computational physics is being used to develop new quantum materials; and we look at how ultrasound can help detect breast cancer.