10+ Best Articles on Quantum Physics
The most useful articles on quantum physics from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Quantum Physics Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on quantum physics by Refind users in 2023 so far.
- Physicists Rewrite a Quantum Rule That Clashes With Our Universe
- Reality doesn’t exist until you measure it, quantum parlor trick confirms
- Physicists Create a Wormhole Using a Quantum Computer
- 70-year-old quantum prediction comes true, as something is created from nothing
- The fundamental problem with gravity and quantum physics
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How To Build A Quantum Telescope
Quantum optics has revolutionised microscopy. Now astronomers are planning to jump on the quantum bandwagon
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on quantum physics—all under 10 minutes.
Our language is inadequate to describe quantum reality
The quantum world defies our ability to describe it in words. Human experience does not prepare us for its weirdness and uncertainty.
Does consciousness explain quantum mechanics?
A wild theory suggests that consciousness may explain quantum mechanics, by forcing the subatomic particles to choose one concrete outcome.
«This flip from indeterminism to determinism is outright odd, and there is no other theory in physics that operates the same wa»
Reality doesn’t exist until you measure it, quantum parlor trick confirms
Two players leverage quantum rules to achieve a seemingly telepathic connection
Physics Experiments Spell Doom for Quantum “Collapse” Theory
Physical-collapse theories have long offered a natural solution to the central mystery of the quantum world. But a series of increasingly precise experiments are making them untenable.
Max Planck and how the dramatic birth of quantum physics changed the world
The world of the very small works in its own way. Max Planck, being among the first to describe quantum physics, struggled to accept it.
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on quantum physics.
Physicists Create a Wormhole Using a Quantum Computer
The unprecedented experiment explores the possibility that space-time somehow emerges from quantum information, even as the work’s interpretation remains disputed.
Physicists Rewrite a Quantum Rule That Clashes With Our Universe
The past and the future are tightly linked in conventional quantum mechanics. Perhaps too tightly. A tweak to the theory could let quantum possibilities increase as space expands.
The fundamental problem with gravity and quantum physics
We have two descriptions of the Universe that work perfectly well: general relativity and quantum physics. Too bad they don't work together.
70-year-old quantum prediction comes true, as something is created from nothing
In our common experience, you can't get something for nothing. In the quantum realm, something really can emerge from nothing.
How Wittgenstein might ‘solve’ both philosophy and quantum physics
Metaphysical debates in quantum physics don’t get at ‘truth’ – they’re nothing but a form of ritual, activity and culture
«Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1922) – a book that applied modern logic to metaphysics via language to relate facts about reality to reality itself. He called it the theory of meaning. In the Tractatus, Wittgenstein developed a philosophy that was deeply embedded in the world – not in idealised realms of thought like the rational idealist Russell, but in how we talk about the world.»
Publications
We monitor hundreds of publications, blogs, newsletters, and news sources in Quantum Physics, including:
Quanta Magazine
Big ideas in science and math. Because you want to know more. Launched by @SimonsFdn. 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting. http://quantamagazine.org
Big Think
Learn from the world’s biggest thinkers.
MIT Technology Review
Our in-depth reporting on innovation reveals and explains what’s really happening now to help you know what’s coming next. http://technologyreview.com/newsletters
Live Science
Science news covering top stories of the day in health, environment, animals, technology and space. Part of @FuturePLC
Scientific American
Awesome discoveries. Expert insights. Science that shapes the world.
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