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"Dark photon" theory says light's interference patterns may emerge from quantum particles, not waves, upending centuries of physics.

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The quantum rules shaping molecular collisions are now coming into focus, offering fresh insights for chemistry and materials science. (Nanowerk News) The quantum rules shaping molecular collisions ...

Quantum walks sound abstract, but they sit at the center of a very concrete race: who will harness quantum mechanics to solve problems that overwhelm today’s most powerful supercomputers. Instead of ...

Quantum theory and Einstein's theory of general relativity are two of the greatest successes in modern physics. Each works ...

A single atom as a movable slit: Researchers realize Einstein's thought experiment in original form, observing ...

Discovery of a strong quantum interference effect could spark advances in sensing, computing and next-gen technologies by harnessing wave interactions at the quantum level. (Nanowerk News) Just as ...

You are watching a long-standing assumption in physics and engineering quietly fall apart. Researchers at Northwestern ...

The interior of the vacuum chamber during a scattering experiment. The detector is shown in grey (top right) and the Au(111) gold surface is shown in yellow. The lines indicate the path of the ...