It has puzzled scientists for years whether and how bacteria, that live from dissolved organic matter in marine waters, can ...

Sure, they’re particles and rocks, but they’re still a fascinatingly long way from home. Alpha Centauri is the star system ...

Gamma rays detected by NASA's Fermi spacecraft indicate that microquasars are powered by small black holes slowly devouring ...

The field of quantum computing has seen a flurry of recent announcements indicating that the machines may be nearing practical utility.

Neutrinos lie at the frontier of scientific unknowns about the universe. However, there’s a problem—neutrinos also like to ...

What makes something quantum? This question has kept a small but dedicated fraction of the world's population—most of them ...

Microsoft has taken 17 years to create a new subatomic particle with the right blend of size, speed and stability for quantum ...

Microsoft’s Majorana 1 chip solves this problem by using a new kind of qubit based on Majorana particles. These exotic ...

Quasiparticles are collections of particles (and, in some cases, field lines) that can be described mathematically as if they ...

The particles eminating from burning scented wax melts indoors can create a “tremendous amount” of indoor air pollution — ...

Microsoft today said its new quantum chip is the first to be powered by a new Topological Core architecture that “will ...