A computer simulation of a wormhole connecting two distant regions of spacetime. (KTSDESIGN/Science Photo Library RF/Getty ...

Imagine holding one of our most precise quantum devices at a fixed position outside a black hole. A Josephson junction—two superconductors separated by an ultrathin barrier—can turn a voltage into a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The first step toward quantum gravity, the "holy grail of physics," may be hiding in a quantum recipe to cook up black holes. That ...

Black holes live forever, at least according to general relativity. Once material crosses a black hole's event horizon, it is trapped forever, until the last day of cosmic time. But we know that isn't ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A team led by University at Buffalo physicists has found a mathematical solution that shows how a frustrated quantum magnet can transition from ultraslow behavior to ultrafast, highly ...

Quantum phenomena in black hole physics encompass the interplay between general relativity, quantum field theory and information theory. At the heart of this field lies the prediction that black holes ...

Physics has a massive 'great quarrel' that has remained unsolved for nearly 50 years. That is the 'Black Hole Information ...

What happens to information beyond the event horizon of a black hole? This is one of the great mysteries of modern physics.

Quantum spin chains that simulate black hole physics can boost quantum battery charging power and reduce charging times by exploiting rapid information scrambling dynamics. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Black ...

The quantum revolution in physics -- whose 100th anniversary we have just celebrated -- taught us that at the most basic level the world is bizarrely different than it seems. But, we appear to only ...