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Virtual particles: How physicists’ clever bookkeeping trick could underlie reality
Scientists imagine virtual particles popping in and out of existence to explain how forces transfer between particles. koto_feja/iStock…
100 years before quantum mechanics, one scientist glimpsed a link between light and matter
MirageC / Getty Images Robyn Arianrhod, Monash University The Irish mathematician and physicist William Rowan Hamilton, who was…
Quantum ‘clock’ finds tunneling photons don’t freeze in time
In an experiment that challenges a key prediction of Bohmian mechanics, scientists found that tunneling photons move at a finite speed, rather than remaining stationary inside a barrier.
Scientists use quantum algorithm to simulate 8 billion light particles
A new study proves quantum computers have a distinct advantage in simulating complex optical systems, a task considered impossible for today's supercomputers.