Newsweek

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Quantum physics is an often mind-boggling branch of science filled with strange behavior and bizarre implications. For many people, the mere mention of the term is enough to send us hurtling in the opposite direction, like an electron bouncing off th

Nautilus

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You’re thinking about time all wrong, according to our best physical theories. In Einstein’s general theory of relativity, there’s no conceptual distinction between the past and the future, let alone an objective line of “now.” There’s also no sense

The Atlantic

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The Swiss physicist Nicolas Gisin is using an old form of math to rethink the very basics of what we know about time.

UNCUT

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1 Spinning Song [narration] 2 Idiot Prayer 3 Sad Waters 4 Brompton Oratory 5 Palaces Of Montezuma 6 Girl In Amber 7 Man In The Moon 8 Nobody’s Baby Now 9 (Are You) The One That I’ve Been Waiting For? 10 Waiting For You 11 The Merc

Nautilus

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Physicists know how to use quantum theory—your phone and computer give plenty of evidence of that. But knowing how to use it is a far cry from fully understanding the world the theory describes—or even what the various mathematical devices scientists

The Christian Science Monitor

1 min. di lettura

Scientists at Yale University have found that quantum jumps are not as instantaneous or as unpredictable as scientists previously thought.

NPR

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Despite the incredibly accurate predictions of quantum theory, there's a lot of disagreement over what it says about reality — or even whether it says anything at all about it, says guest Adam Becker.

Nautilus

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It is the biggest of problems, it is the smallest of problems. At present physicists have two separate rulebooks explaining how nature works. There is general relativity, which beautifully accounts for gravity and all of the things it dominates: orbi

The Christian Science Monitor

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Scientists at Yale University have found that quantum jumps are not as instantaneous or as unpredictable as scientists previously thought.

Nautilus

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For an empirical science, physics can be remarkably dismissive of some of our most basic observations. We see objects existing in definite locations, but the wave nature of matter washes that away. We perceive time to flow, but how could it, really?

Apple Magazine

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Over the past five decades, standard computer processors have gotten increasingly faster. In recent years, however, the limits to that technology have become clear: Chip components can only get so small, and be packed only so closely together, before

Independent on Saturday

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WHILE most of us have only heard about quantum physics by watching the Big Bang Theory, a week doing nuclear physics in matric led to a fascination for quantum physics – and whether it plays a role in the workings of the brain – for UKZN PhD student

All About Space

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This wave-particle duality is central to quantum physics. Light can be thought of as being made of particles called photons, or as a propagating electromagnetic wave. Values in quantum physics are a bit like shoes – they only come in set sizes. Physi

Nautilus

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Physics is often baffling, but one principle seems rock-solid: the law of conservation of energy. The world contains this thing called “energy” whose amount never changes. It can change its form or go from one body to another, but its total amount re

Nautilus

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Physicists know how to use quantum theory—your phone and computer give plenty of evidence of that. But knowing how to use it is a far cry from fully understanding the world the theory describes—or even what the various mathematical devices scientists

White Horses

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This board was first designed in collaboration with Dave Rastovich back in 2006. The deck is made out of Paulownia wood, which is light, durable and has a very balanced flex. It has a quad-fin setup and featured in Taylor Steele’s film Castles In The

Cosmos Magazine

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Physicists in the US say they have been able to measure sound diffusion in a “perfect fluid” for the first time. That’s not just technically impressive – it could, they suggest, be used as a model for more complicated perfect flows to estimate the vi

Nautilus

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It is the biggest of problems, it is the smallest of problems. At present physicists have two separate rulebooks explaining how nature works. There is general relativity, which beautifully accounts for gravity and all of the things it dominates: orbi

Futurity

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How best to study the universe’s matter and energy? That question has long divided the world’s physicists. Theoretical physicists devise mathematical models to explain the complex interactions between matter and energy, while experimental physicists

American Craft

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FOR SARA THOMPSON, SILVER is the “Goldilocks metal.” “I’ve worked in copper, brass, nickel, steel,” says the 22-year-old metalsmith, who is quickly becoming known not only for her jewelry, but also for her science- and math-informed vessels. “I’ve wo

Computeractive

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A Microsoft-led team of scientists have backtracked on claims they found an elusive subatomic particle that could help develop more powerful computers. In a 2018 paper in the scientific journal Nature, they said they’d found evidence of Majorana part

Quanta

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Top women in mathematics and physics discuss how they got to where they are — and why there aren’t more of them.

Futurity

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A new thought experiment may have exposed a paradox within the theory of quantum mechanics, according to new research. There is likely no other scientific theory that is as well supported as quantum mechanics. For nearly 100 years now, it has repeate

Futurity

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Scientists have spotted a theorized—but never-before detected—property of quantum matter in the lab. The team proved that a particular quantum material can demonstrate electrical dipole fluctuations—irregular oscillations of tiny charged poles on the

Saturday Star

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A GRADE 12 pupil has created his own “calculator” app that solves intricate maths problems. Milnerton High School pupil Raphael de Sousa started the project during lockdown. “I felt like I spent a large amount of time checking answers once I’ve done

How It Works

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■ Author: DK ■ Publisher: DK ■ Price: £9.99 / $12.59 ■ Release: Out now Protons, neutrons, gluons, beta decay, wave-particle duality, Planck’s constant, Schrödinger’s cat – there’s nothing simple about quantum physics whatsoever. We can’t even see t

Futurity

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Researchers have created the fastest human-made rotor in the world, which they believe will help them study quantum mechanics. At more than 60 billion revolutions per minute, this machine is more than 100,000 times faster than a high-speed dental dri

You South Africa

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To sustain means to support something, or to keep it going. If you’re hungry, you eat food to sustain your energy. Structures, beams and poles help to sustain or support a roof. If you sustain a conversation, you keep it going over a period of time.

Futurity

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Physics has two superb theories explaining our universe. The problem is no one can join them together. Einstein’s general relativity describes how physics plays out on the scale of the universe, with gravity as the main actor. Meanwhile, quantum mech

Futurity

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By putting the most magnetic element of the periodic table into a quantum version of the Newton’s cradle toy, scientists are exploring the emergence of quantum chaos and thermal equilibrium. With its suspended metallic spheres that clack back and for