macroscopic
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This compact book weaves together topics including the microscopic quantum tunneling required for nuclear fusion and the macroscopic geometry of spacetime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
“Chemotherapy is much more effective at eradicating minimal disease than it is macroscopic disease that you can already see on imaging.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
In the words of the committee, "the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit".
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025
However, on a nanoscopic scale, materials are not homogeneous anymore and the macroscopic description of the material is insufficient.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024
One can therefore ask: does quantum theory allow time travel on a macroscopic scale, which people could use?
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
