The most demanding calculations in quantum chemistry can now be solved with graphics processing unit (GPU) supercomputers. A ...

A new trick for modeling molecules with quantum accuracy takes a step toward revealing the equation at the center of a popular simulation approach, which is used in fundamental chemistry and materials ...

Once a baffling theory, quantum mechanics has evolved into a driving force behind modern technology and frontier research.

Sometimes a visually compelling metaphor is all you need to get an otherwise complicated idea across. In the summer of 2001, a Tulane physics professor named John P. Perdew came up with a banger. He ...

An international team of physicists has proven new theorems in quantum mechanics that describe the 'energy landscapes' of collections of quantum particles. Their work addresses decades-old questions, ...

The Princeton Quantum Initiative’s Ph.D. program is helping pioneer a field that promises to define the next era of discovery ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Quantum mechanics is both the most powerful theory physicists have ever devised and the most baffling. On the one hand, countless ...

A ball tossed into the air follows a path that classical physics can track with confidence. Shrink that ball down to the size ...

On May 7, 1981, influential physicist Richard Feynman gave a keynote speech at Caltech. Feynman opened his talk by politely rejecting the very notion of a keynote speech, instead saying that he had ...