Somewhere in the quantum realm, a teeny, tiny rave is afoot. Researchers created ultra-small levitating diamonds, with diameters the size of 350 strands of human DNA, that reflect light like a disco ball as they spin over a billion times ...

The math that explains why a donut is really the same shape as coffee mug but not a waste bin could be the key to making quantum computers practicable. Two teams of researchers have used topology, a centuries-old field of ...