Majorana particles offer a promising solution for stable quantum computing, utilizing nonlocal encoding and topological protection for qubits.

Recent discoveries in the field of quantum physics have identified a new class of particles known as anyons, which hold the potential to bridge the gap between quantum mechanics and classical physics.

Researchers at Hiroshima University have developed a realistic, highly sensitive method to detect the Unruh effect—a long-predicted phenomenon at the crossroads of relativity and quantum theory. Their ...

Knowable Magazine reports that neutrinos may help explain the universe's missing antimatter, shedding light on ...

For more than a century, physics has been built on two great theories. Einstein's general relativity explains gravity as the ...

More than 700,000 GCSE physics students could be without a specialist teacher, a report has warned. The Institute of Physics (IOP) has called for urgent action to tackle the shortage in physics ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Solving major regional and global environmental problems is a key part of sociopolitics and so environmental physics has a special role to play in the public arena. It gives students the chance to ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...