Could noise in a quantum system be used to do work? Philip Ball looks at new research that’s attempting to make a feature of a fault, which may also link quantum mechanics to thermodynamics on a ...

Bow down, rock, metal and punk. Old-school classical music is murder on the eardrums, too, and orchestra players are turning to custom-made earplugs usually reserved for rockers. Symphonies in Europe ...

The emerging discipline of quantum biology is attempting to understand the role quantum mechanics plays in the processes of life, such as photosynthesis—the capture of sunlight by plants and its ...

Three middle-aged men accosted us; my companion was told to get out, that she had no right to be there I was attending the concert with a university-age girl – her first visit to the Proms. A chronic ...