Crystal jellyfish have an eerie beauty: thanks to a natural protein, they emit a faint green glow. For decades, researchers have used that green fluorescent protein and similar molecules to light up ...

Shaped by a different biology or culture, other intelligent civilisations – if they’re out there – might understand the universe in a completely different way than we do. Physicist Daniel Whiteson exp ...

Physicist Paul Davies looks back at the past century of quantum mechanics—the most disruptive theory in the history of modern science.

By freezing a crucial phosphoric acid complex to near absolute zero, scientists uncovered a single, unexpectedly stable structure at the heart of proton transport.

UChicago faculty were appointed to distinguished or named professorships on January 1. The Maroon sat down with eight of them ...

Imagine trying to design a key for a lock that is constantly changing its shape. That is the exact challenge we face in ...

A novel method to manipulate the inner structure of cells connects several scientific fields and could represent a ...

Dr. Pravir Malik is the founder and technologist of QIQuantum and the Forbes Technology Council Community leader for Quantum Computing. For the modern technology leader, the quest for peak performance ...

The eight winning essays in FQxI's latest essay competition, presented in partnership with the Paradox Science Institute, range from quantum effects at the level of enzymes to medically relevant ...

Senior Research Leader and Deputy Director, Science and Emerging Technology, RAND Europe The unveiling by IBM of two new quantum supercomputers and Denmark’s plans to develop “the world’s most ...

An unprecedently large quantum simulator could shed light on how exotic, potentially useful quantum materials work and help us optimise them in the future. Quantum computers may eventually harness ...