quantum
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"Being able to observe such a fundamental quantum mechanical process during our first measurement campaign was a very special moment for us - it was also made possible by the samples we used."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
Physicists have captured an extraordinary quantum phenomenon in which electrons appear to leap across energy gaps that would normally be off limits.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
Although diamonds are made of carbon atoms, a flawless diamond crystal is not enough to create a useful quantum computing system.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
Quantum sensors promise levels of sensitivity and precision beyond those of conventional instruments, while quantum computers could eventually solve certain extraordinarily complex problems much faster than today's most powerful supercomputers.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
Dr. Gibson-Gray developed the initial theories of spatial teleportation —then colloquially known as “time travel”—during her tenure as a quantum physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
At wide-open throttle, the raunchiness doesn’t come in wild quanta but in one smoothly linear, incredibly steep exponential function, with no interval for tactility and feedback.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
In a semiconductor field-effect transistor, there is a two-dimensional electron channel where a collective charge-density quanta, i.e., two-dimensional plasmons, exist.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 28, 2023
The analysis confirmed that both the input and output of the experiment were single quanta of energy.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 19, 2023
General relativity does not contain any notion of quanta; a quantum theory of gravity is an ambition that remains unfinished today.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2023
Albert Einstein, a twenty-six-year-old patent clerk, showed the physics world that nature worked in quanta rather than in smooth increments.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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