Quantum optics Video What is Shor’s factoring algorithm? Peter Shor introduces his eponymous mathematical concept Read article: What is Shor’s factoring algorithm?
Soft matter and liquids Research update Could ‘Schrödinger’s bacterium’ be placed in a quantum superposition? Physicists explain how to bring a famous thought experiment to life Read article: Could ‘Schrödinger’s bacterium’ be placed in a quantum superposition?
Transport properties Research update World’s thinnest diffraction gratings made from graphene Ultrathin nano-gratings produce high-contrast interference patterns of massive molecules Read article: World’s thinnest diffraction gratings made from graphene
Ultrafast science Research update Single photons see the light Photon–photon interactions pave the way to all-optical quantum computers Read article: Single photons see the light
Quantum mechanics News Joint quantum-computing venture is a first for China Online retail giant Alibaba and the Chinese Academy of Sciences open lab in Shanghai Read article: Joint quantum-computing venture is a first for China
Structure and dynamics Research update Could quantum ‘clocks’ tread two different paths to general relativity? "Self-interacting" atomic clock put in a quantum superposition Read article: Could quantum ‘clocks’ tread two different paths to general relativity?
Quantum optics Research update Plan for supersized entanglement is unveiled by physicist Two 100 g mirrors could behave as quantum-mechanical objects Read article: Plan for supersized entanglement is unveiled by physicist
Structure and dynamics Research update Does time dilation destroy quantum superposition? Interplay between gravity and quantum mechanics should be observable on Earth Read article: Does time dilation destroy quantum superposition?
Quantum mechanics Research update Do atoms going through a double slit ‘know’ if they are being observed? Wheeler's "delayed choice" gedanken done with single helium atom Read article: Do atoms going through a double slit ‘know’ if they are being observed?
Quantum mechanics Opinion and reviews Fight over light Robert P Crease examines why Goethe so savagely attacked Newton's views on optics Read article: Fight over light