Many governments and tech companies are investing heavily in quantum technologies. In New Zealand, the recently announced Institute for Advanced Technology is also envisioned to focus on this area of research.

Gabriel Lippmann received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1908 for a new method of colour photography that was never commercially successful. Margaret Harris finds out why

Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck, FRS (; ; April 23, 1858 – October 4, 1947) was a German theoretical physicist who originated quantum theory, which won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918. Planck made many contributions to theoretical physics, but his ...

This article explores how our understanding of the universe has evolved—from the scale of everyday experience down to the Planck length

The Nobel Prize in physics 2025 has been awarded to British, French and American scientists for their work on quantum mechanics.

Scientists John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for "the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit",

The Newtonian moment -- Interlude : The Grand Design -- A pix elated world -- Interlude : Max Planck introduces the quantum -- Quantum leaps -- Interlude : Niels Bohr uses quantum leaps to make atoms go -- Randomness -- Interlude : Albert Einstein shows ...

I'm completely stunned,' UC Berkeley professor says after winning a Nobel for work on quantum physics, the technology behind cell phones and more.