quantum
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Future experiments could extend this approach to more complicated quantum systems, allowing researchers to explore models of the Big Bang and the Big Crunch in greater detail.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
In this framework, the universe can be described as a single, unchanging quantum state, with no external clock marking the passage of time.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
At these extraordinarily low temperatures, quantum effects become especially important, allowing researchers to study behaviors that are normally difficult to observe.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Now, researchers are finding that it can also reveal the complex behavior of multiple interacting quantum particles.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
According to quantum mechanics and general relativity, the power of zero is infinite, so it’s no surprise that people are hoping to tap its potential.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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
It is especially notable to this process that the emergent composite fermion particle is unique in that the electron captures six quantized magnetic flux quanta, forming the most intricate composite fermion known to date.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 21, 2024
The analysis confirmed that both the input and output of the experiment were single quanta of energy.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 19, 2023
Quantum mechanics describes how, in the subatomic realm, everything is broken up in discrete chunks, or quanta, such as the individual particles of light called photons.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2023
In order to observe a primordial black hole one would have to detect several gamma ray quanta coming from the same direction within a reasonable space of time, such as a week.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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