On 23 May 2026, a scientific conference of the **World Academy Awards was held in Switzerland and dedicated to the Quantum Model of the Universe project. Quantum Model of the Universe brings modern ...

Members of the BYU “Q-gars” pose with iQuHACK judges after winning the IonQ challenge. The team earned first place at MIT’s annual quantum hackathon. (Courtesy of Kai Sandberg) For the first time in ...

For centuries, humanity has sought to understand the fundamental laws governing the Universe. In the twenty-first century, that search has entered a new and unprecedented phase. Modern science now ...

Scientists think a new framework for quantum gravity could offer clues about a mysterious 5th fundamental force of nature.

Faithful simulations of the world are impossible to create using ordinary computers. Simulating physical reality is, however, the original, express purpose of quantum computers. In 1981, long before ...

Nearly 50 years ago, physicists floated a bold idea: our universe might be stuck in a false vacuum. This state feels stable, but deep down, it's not. Over enormous timescales, it could suddenly tip ...

An experiment with a toy universe made up of extremely cold atoms shows how time can emerge from quantum interactions, ...

For more than a century, physics has been built on two great theories. Einstein's general relativity explains gravity as the bending of space and time. Quantum mechanics governs the world of particles ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story… A mind-bending theory called quantum immortality suggests that your consciousness shifts to parallel universes after you die. The theory is an ...