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University of Göttingen Researchers Map Molecular Wave Functions in 3D

Insider Brief Press release – Electrons cannot be fixed to a single location. This is one of the central insights of quantum mechanics. The wave function takes the place of the loc...

Is It Even Possible to Understand Quantum Mechanics?

Common sense is of no help in studying reality at the atomic scale.

Researchers Map the Hidden 3D Geometry of a Quantum Wavefunction

Physicists at Göttingen University imaged three-dimensional wave functions using a tabletop soft X-ray laser. An electron inside a molecule does not occupy one fixed point. Quantum...

Physicists say quantum mechanics may not need imaginary numbers after all

Physicists from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) have examined a fundamental property of quantum mechanics in collaboration with the German Aerospace Center (DLR). In the...

Quantum effects in chemical reactions

New research shows that chemical reactions in an ultracold quantum gas can generate entanglement and transfer phase information from atoms to molecules The post Quantum effects in...

The proton is more quantum than we thought

Our understanding of the internal structure of protons is largely based on classical physics, but data compiled from accelerator experiments has uncovered quantum behaviour that ha...

The secret to hydrogen's quantum behavior lies in symmetry

Hydrogen switches between quantum-wave and classical-particle behavior in vanadium, revealing how crystal symmetry controls tunneling for energy materials.

Rare ultra-magnetic star may be key to solving 90-year old quantum cold case

Astronomers may have just confirmed one of the quirkiest aspects of quantum mechanics: that seemingly empty space can alter the behavior of light. This phenomenon, called "vacuum b...

Study Finds Imaginary Numbers May Not Be Essential to Quantum Mechanics

Insider Brief Press release – Physicists at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU), in collaboration with the German Aerospace Center (DLR), have been investigating a fundament...

Beyond Heisenberg: Scientists Discover a New “Space-Time Limit” in Quantum Physics

Scientists have uncovered a hidden quantum limit that prevents an electron’s position and timing from ever being known with perfect precision. Quantum physics sets hard limits on w...

Some signs of quantum gravity may be an illusion

Quantum mechanics and Einstein’s theory of gravity explain almost everything we see in nature, yet physicists still do not know how to unite them. A new theoretical framework sugge...

Probing quantum critical points

A new Quantum Monte Carlo method reveals distinct entanglement signatures of different quantum critical points The post Probing quantum critical points appeared first on Physics Wo...

Two Dimensions of Time Explain Quantum Physics, Physicist Argues

You've probably heard that quantum mechanics is spooky, that measuring one particle instantly affects another across any distance. A physicist now says there's a reason: the univer...

A quantum lab for molecules

A quantum spectroscopy method amplifies the tiny recoil from a single absorbed photon, enabling non-destructive infrared measurements of individual molecules.

Caltech Researchers Measure Conformal Field Theory Spectra on a Neutral-Atom Quantum Simulator

Credit: Caltech/Gyohei Nomura A physics collaboration led by Caltech—combining the experimental laboratory of Professor Manuel Endres and the theoretical group of Professor Jason A...

Quantum Gravity May Be Far Less Quantum Than Physicists Expected

A new study reveals that some proposed signatures of quantum gravity may have an unexpected classical explanation. Imagine placing an object in two locations at once. Quantum mecha...

Scientists Reveal Hidden Structure of a Quantum Fluid

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Bose-Einstein Condensates (BECs) are often described as a “fifth state of matter”: a quantum state in which many particles lose their individual ident...

What Does it Mean to be ‘Quantum’? A Physicist Explains The Basics Behind Einstein’s Spooky Actions at a Distance

By Aldo Romero, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University The Conversation Imagine shining a flashlight across a dark room. You can predict exactly what the ligh...

Scientists Push Molecules on a Surface to the Ultimate Quantum Limit

An ultra-clean crystal surface allowed individual molecules to preserve quantum coherence at the fundamental Fourier limit. A molecule placed on a surface should be easier to probe...

A New Quantum Blueprint Could Make States Easier To Tell Apart

MIT and University of Ferrara researchers created a mathematical blueprint for designing distinguishable non-Gaussian quantum states. Researchers worldwide are working to develop q...

Quantum Experiment Breaks a Long-Standing X-Ray Energy Limit

An experiment by researchers at the University of California San Diego and TU Wien has revealed a new quantum regime that generates coherent X-rays at higher energies than conventi...

Quarks and qubits: how quantum computing could transform particle physics

This podcast also explores the intersection of general relativity and quantum information The post Quarks and qubits: how quantum computing could transform particle physics appeare...

Quantum entanglement explains why strange metals are so strange

New measurements and a tool from quantum metrology provide new insights into metals with unusually high electrical resistance The post Quantum entanglement explains why strange met...

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