Helgoland (or Heligoland) is strategically located about 30 miles off the northwest German coast at the edge of the North Sea, and Danish kings and German dukes had vied for it since medieval times.

In fact, plenty of practical applications were discussed at Helgoland. As Michelle Simmons from the University of New South Wales pointed out, the last 25 years have been a “golden age” for ...

Helgoland, population 1,370, lies 30 miles off the German mainland in the North Sea. A popular tourist spot, it's so small that cars are banned and bicycles heavily restricted.

Helgoland is a barren island in the North Sea where a 23-year-old Werner Heisenberg (of the uncertainty principle) hid himself in 1925 to work out the details of the new quantum theory.

Part of our International Year of Quantum Science and Technology coverage One of the most significant events in the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology is a workshop being held in ...

BERLIN, June 17. -- Emperor William went on board the imperial yacht Hohenzollern this morning at Brunsbuettel, bound for Helgoland. He will return to Brunsbuettel to-morrow, and on Tuesday will ...

HELGOLAND Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution By Carlo Rovelli Translated by Erica Segre and Simon Carnell For many decades now, the mysteries of our quantum underworld have at times been ...

When a German physicist returned from a health retreat 100 years ago, his ideas sparked a debate about reality, and gave rise ...

A bestseller in Italy, “Helgoland” will soon be published in the U.K. and elsewhere around world, and tells the story of quantum physics.

According to scientific legend, quantum mechanics was born on the island of Helgoland in 1925. A hundred years later, physicists are still debating the true nature of this strange theory - and ...