Quantum Mechanics

Nobel Prize 2025 in Physics: The Experiments That Made the Quantum World Visible

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Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 Winners. Photo: Nobel Prize

In a decision that underscores how fundamental physics can become the engine of new technologies, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences today awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.” Their … Read more

Dead, Alive or Both? Inside the Strange World of Schrödinger’s Cat

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Schrödinger's cat:

Imagine a cat. It’s inside a sealed box. You can’t see it. You don’t hear a sound. According to quantum mechanics, until you open the box, the cat is both dead and alive at the same time. Does it sound absurd? Looks like something out of science fiction. right? Yet this bizarre idea has become … Read more