quantum mechanics

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In quantum mechanics, objects can exist in multiple states at once.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

Quantum computers, offshoots of quantum mechanics, can explore multiple solutions at once, and promise the kind of processing power that could revolutionize medicine, materials science, and other fields.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

The achievement represents one of the strongest tests yet of quantum mechanics on scales approaching the macroscopic world.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

For decades, physicists have been trying to unify quantum mechanics with gravity.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

The idea of radiation from black holes was the first example of a prediction that depended in an essential way on both the great theories of this century, general relativity and quantum mechanics.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking