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A timeline of the most important events in quantum mechanics

Physics

A timeline of the most important events in quantum mechanics

Explore the key moments in the history of quantum theory, from the early ideas of Albert Einstein and Werner Heisenberg to the discovery of phenomena like superposition and entanglement – and today’s quantum computers

Features

Control room

Technology

US military launches initiative to find the best quantum computer

News

Physics

Where Schrödinger’s cat came from – and why it’s getting fatter

Comment

model of a suspension of a quantum chip of a Quantum System Two

Technology

Why quantum computers may continue to fail a key test

Analysis

Qubit, abstract illustration.

Physics

Space could emerge from time

News

Technology

Quantum computers could protect our data from quantum computers

News

Physics

'Quantum Darwinism' may explain why we live in a shared reality

News

The epic quest to redefine the second using the world's best clocks

Technology

The epic quest to redefine the second using the world's best clocks

Features

Physics

How nothing could destroy the universe

News

Space

Quantum eavesdropping could work even from inside a black hole

An eavesdropper hiding inside a black hole could still obtain information about quantum objects on its outside, a finding that reveals how effectively black holes destroy the quantum states near their event horizons

News

Technology

Quantum computers are on track to solve knotty mathematical problems

News

Physics

We may have found the edge of quantum theory – what’s beyond it?

News

Technology

Microsoft’s quantum computer hit with criticism at key physics meeting

News

Technology

Quantum satellite sets globe-spanning distance record

News