US backs nuclear fusion over particle smashing
A project to produce clean energy gets top billing in a new 20 year plan - major high energy physics experiments are low on the list
11 Nov 03

Super-phenomena scoop physics Nobel
Superconductivity and superfluidity research, now harnessed in power cables and magnetic devices, are rewarded
7 Oct 03

Electronic 'Etch A Sketch' may boost quantum design
The technique uses minute spots of charge to draw experimental quantum devices - and then erases them with a flash of light
13 Aug 03

Can tough little bugs speed up computing?
A microbe that thrives in one of the most inhospitable environments on Earth might just help engineers to build the first quantum computers
7 Dec 02

Quantum computing making 'tremendous progress'
The first element of a device held to be the best hope for quantum information processing and the first truly quantum calculation are reported
29 Nov 02

Quantum cryptography takes to the skies
Keys encoded in photons of light are sent 23 kilometres through air, an important step towards a secure global communications system
2 Oct 02

Qubits spot the difference
A new algorithm shows that a large quantum computer should be able to factor huge numbers - the basis of many secret codes - in seconds, beating standard computers by years
7 Sep 02

Quantum entanglement stronger than suspected
Quantum linking of particles is more robust than scientists thought and may help them develop new types of quantum computers
17 Jul 02

Quantum teleportation technique improved
Australian researchers say they have significantly improved a technique for teleporting a laser beam
18 Jun 02

Quantum foot in the door
Scientists believe they could open tiny doors that lead to the rest of the universe wide enough to allow someone to travel through
25 May 02

Quantum wormholes could carry people
"Ghost radiation" could widen a wormhole to allow someone to travel to another part of the Universe
23 May 02

"Exact uncertainty" brought to quantum world
Theoretical physicists use 80-year old maths to improve the famous Heisenberg uncertainty principle
27 Apr 02

The weirdness barrier
What keeps us safe from the absurdity of the quantum world?
20 Apr 02

Quantum cloning nears perfection limit
The duplication technique is the best way currently conceivable of decoding the latest cryptographic technologies
29 Mar 02

Cat-in-the-box
Are you fed up with absurd notions of quantum weirdness? Don't worry, you're in good company, says Ivan Semeniuk
9 Mar 02

Teleporting larger objects becomes real possibility
The advance is thanks to a method that in theory could be used to "entangle"absolutely any kind of particle
6 Feb 02

Multiple choice
You don't need a final answer at the quantum game show. So come on down, says Adrian Cho, and everyone's a winner
5 Jan 02

Through the keyhole
If you can't see what's inside, send in the entangled photons
8 Dec 01

'Quantum repeater' promises complete long-distance secrecy
Scientists design a device to tackle quantum communication signal loss - what's more, all the components are available
22 Nov 01

Round the twist
Tying your shoelaces can entangle you in aspects of quantum theory
10 Nov 01

Liquid space
There's so much going on in a vacuum that it's beginning to look like a substance in its own right. Paul Davies offers you a guided tour of the quantum ether
3 Nov 01

Can a Grand Unified Theory come out of quantum mechanics alone?
But a possible breakthrough towards the great prize of physics is flawed, according to a Nobel Laureate
26 Oct 01

BECs win prizes
Creators of weird quantum states and mirror molecules scoop Nobels
20 Oct 01

Quantum computing takes a step in from the cold
Physicists have found a relatively easy way to make a Bose-Einstein condensate, the bizarre state of ultra-cold atoms that is helping to shed light on the quantum world
6 Oct 01

Entangled clouds raise hope of teleportation
Linking trillions of atoms by entanglement brings quantum communication and teleportation a step closer
26 Sep 01

Line 'em up
If you want to build a quantum computer, this could be where to start
8 Sep 01

Quantum gate plugs data leaks
Quantum computers leak information like water through a sieve - a problem that anyone hoping to build one must overcome. But a novel quantum logic gate based on photons could be the answer
11 Aug 01

Taming the multiverse
Parallel universes are no longer a figment of our imagination. They're so real that we can reach out and touch them, and even use them to change our world, says Marcus Chown
14 Jul 01

It takes two to tangle
Quantum entanglement-the mysterious phenomenon that allows a quantum state to be transmitted huge distances apparently instantaneously-could do wonders for chip manufacture
19 May 01

Matchmakers
All you need to find a photon's distant twin is the right mirror
28 Apr 01

Back to the future
19th century physicists almost discovered quantum theory
28 Apr 01

The ideas machine
Human inventiveness has reached the end of the road. Something far smarter is about to take over, says Robert Matthews
20 Feb 01

Light stops dead
Does the key to quantum computing lie in freezing a light beam?
27 Jan 01

Long-lasting qubits
Quantum computing has come a step closer, thanks to the work of David Kielpinski of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, Colorado
13 Jan 01

Stuck on chips
Even quantum computers can't do without old-fashioned silicon
13 Jan 01

Spin doctors
Bury a phosphorus atom in the core of a conventional silicon chip and you're well on the way to unleashing the formidable computing power of the quantum world
24 Jun 00