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The (Often) Overlooked Experiment That Revealed the Quantum World
...published a review and edited a book on the subject. “It was indeed one of the most important experiments in physics of all time.” The experiment’s interpretation also launched decades...
The Quest to Quantify Quantumness
...Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics in Russia, and Alexei Kitaev of the California Institute of Technology worked out two schemes for pulling off any quantum calculation: You could include T...
Echoes of Electromagnetism Found in Number Theory
...and he had used the physics framework they provided to think about questions in geometric Langlands. But that work — let alone the physics paper that helped motivate it —...
Physicists Who Explored Tiny Glimpses of Time Win Nobel Prize
...plate launches electrons into the air (he would later win the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his theory). Before the age of attosecond physics, physicists generally assumed that the...
How Scientists Are Tackling the Tricky Task of Solar Cycle Prediction
...physics-based methods that are similar to complex climate prediction models. These computer simulations use fluid dynamics and electromagnetism to re-create solar physics; scientists then feed in observational data to anticipate...
In a Monster Star’s Light, a Hint of Darkness
...particle physics experiment on Earth will cut to the heart of the mystery much faster. But uncovering these isolated pockets of darkness — and any intricate physics that accompanies them...
Math Proof Draws New Boundaries Around Black Hole Formation
...density approaches infinity and known physics goes off the rails. In the 100-plus years since, physicists and mathematicians have explored the properties of these enigmatic objects from the perspective of...
Quantum Complexity Shows How to Escape Hawking’s Black Hole Paradox
...foundations of most modern theories, including the celebrated Standard Model of particle physics. Physicists expect semiclassical physics to falter when gravity grows intense, as it does at the still-inscrutable center...
Does Nothingness Exist?
...call it nothing? After all, there could still be energy inside or perhaps subatomic matter and particles that we just can’t see. In modern physics, this idea of nothingness has...