The universe is a strange, beautiful place—rich with possibilities and governed by the odd rules of quantum mechanics. One of the most mind-bending ideas from this realm is the many-worlds ...

Could Quantum Mechanics Mean You Never Truly Die?

Thomas Mulligan explains the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics and how the thought experiment of Schrödinger's cat suggests that every decision creates a new, parallel universe.

(NewsNation) — Theoretical physicist Dr. Michio Kaku supports the concept of parallel universes, but he says people shouldn’t get their hopes up about meeting their doppelganger in another dimension, ...

Physics has a problem—their key models of quantum theory and the theory of relativity do not fit together. Now, Dr. Wolfgang Wieland from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) is ...

The ball rolls across the floor because it was kicked, just as Earth orbits the sun because it is tugged by gravity. The connection between cause and effect is fundamental to how we understand the ...

An international collaboration sheds new light on the relationship between quantum theory and thermodynamics. The research group demonstrated that while the laws of quantum theory alone do not ...