As recently as 10 years ago, Fisher’s hypothesis would have been dismissed by many as nonsense. Physicists have been burned by this sort of thing before, most notably in 1989, when Roger Penrose ...

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Researchers have adapted Bell’s theorem from quantum mechanics to help them predict financial crises before they happen.

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Physicists show knotted cosmic strings may have dominated the early universe before collapsing to create matter—a theory ...

The search for quantum gravity is the next big step in physics, as researchers seek to unify the physics of the very small ...

In a world driven by data and complex computations, quantum computing stands as a revolutionary force, promising to solve problems far beyond the capabilities of classical computers. Unlike ...

The mere mention of “quantum consciousness” makes most physicists cringe, as the phrase seems to evoke the vague, insipid musings of a New Age guru. But if a new hypothesis proves to be correct, ...