Wave-Particle Duality

It's alive... or not?

What are quantum technologies, and why are they important?

Strange quantum characteristics of molecules can weather the chaos of chemical reactions, which may benefit quantum technologies or unveil hidden natural phenomena

We are all very familiar with the concept of the Earth's magnetic field. It turns out that most objects in space have magnetic fields but it's quite tricky to measure them. Astronomers have developed an ingenious way to measure the magnetic field of the Milky Way using polarized light from interstellar dust grains that align themselves to the magnetic field lines. A new survey has begun this mapping process and has…

To reach absolute zero, all of the particles within an object have to stop moving.

The world forever changed back in February of 2016, when the LIGO collaboration made a revolutionary announcement that altered our view of the Universe forever. From more than a billion light-years…

Physicists at Stevens Institute of Technology use a 350-year-old theorem that explains the workings of pendulums and planets to reveal new properties of light waves.

Physicists finally understand why heating a supercold quantum fluid freezes it into a solid

When we teach quantum physics we still use some old terminology that can actually be very confusing (and may also lead the uninitiated to believe that certain basic things are still not understood!).

Reality is telling us that we can have our quantum cake, but we can't eat it, too.

A quantum time mirror puts wave packets back together.

Physicists have achieved a significant milestone in the world of quantum physics by recreating the famous double-slit experiment in time.

Photonic bound states could advance medical imaging and quantum computing. For the first time, scientists at the University of Sydney and the University of Basel in Switzerland have demonstrated the ability to manipulate and identify small numbers of interacting photons – packets of light energy –

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Chaos theory offers metaphors that can help reveal more and less effective ways of initiating, facilitating, and managing change. This paper encourages conflict management professionals to consider using these metaphors as a tool to discover patterns and leverage points that can improve the effectiveness of their interventions with businesses, organizations, or families. Understanding the theoretical underpinnings…

When you combine the Uncertainty Principle with Einstein's famous equation, you get a mind-blowing result: Particles can come from nothing.

A newly discovered interaction related to quantum entanglement between dissimilar particles opens a new window into the nuclei of atoms

First-ever observation of quantum interference between dissimilar elementary particles offers new approach for mapping distribution of gluons in atomic nuclei—and potentially more.

According to quantum mechanics, the physics theory that describes the zoo of subatomic particles, all matter can be described as both particles and waves. But is it real?

In physics, as in life, it's always good to look at things from different perspectives.