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100 years ago, Schrödinger’s equation shed light on quantum physics – scientists use it today to fine‑tune chemical reactions
Sophya Garashchuk, University of South Carolina The objects you interact with every day are predictable – you can…
What does it mean to be ‘quantum’? A physicist explains the basics behind Einstein’s spooky actions at a distance
Aldo Romero, West Virginia University Imagine shining a flashlight across a dark room. You can predict exactly what…
Who was Amelia Frank? The life of a forgotten physicist
Amelia Frank, June 1930. University of Wisconsin Peter Jacobson, The University of Queensland and Beck Wise, The University…
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…
Trio wins physics Nobel for quantum ‘tunneling’ in a circuit
A trio of physicists won the 2025 Nobel Prize for revealing macroscopic quantum tunneling and energy quantization in a superconducting electrical circuit, thereby paving the way for the development of quantum technologies.
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…
A new twist on Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle can sharpen quantum sensors
dianaarturovna / Getty Images Tingrei Tan, University of Sydney and Christophe Valahu, University of Sydney For almost a…
The Physics Behind Temperature
The actual definition of temperature is insane.
Physicists solve 90-year-old quantum damping puzzle
Physicists have solved a longstanding quantum puzzle by describing how atomic-scale vibrations lose energy, opening the door to new ultra-precise sensor technologies.
Scientists see atoms’ quantum dance for the 1st time
Scientists capture the first direct images of collective quantum fluctuations, revealing the constant, coordinated "dance" of atoms within a molecule as predicted by the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.