There is no measurement that can directly observe the wave function of a quantum mechanical system, but the wave function is ...

A cluster of 7,000 sodium atoms has just been coaxed into behaving as a single, ghostly wave, stretching quantum weirdness ...

A hundred years ago this week, at the height of the quantum revolution, Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger submitted a ...

For the first time, researchers from Tokyo University of Science have observed wave-like interference patterns from ...

Even given a set of possible quantum states for our cosmos, it's impossible for us to determine which one of them is correct ...

Tests in a gate-defined loop on graphene tracked a fractional charge circling back with a steady interference beat, as ...

The same phenomenon was later confirmed for neutrons, helium atoms, and even large molecules, making matter-wave diffraction ...

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Quantum mechanics continues to offer profound insights into the fundamental nature of matter and energy, and the use of special functions plays a critical role in obtaining exact analytical solutions ...

Long before quantum mechanics existed, a scientist developed a powerful way of describing motion by drawing an analogy between particles and light.