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Scientists make ‘rare advance’ in tackling the oldest unsolved problem in physics
Physicists have long tried to model the chaotic phenomenon of turbulence. Now, a team has pioneered a new quantum ...
Quantum physics, a century old, still passes understanding
Werner Heisenberg’s seminal work on quantum theory, published in 1925, represented the dawn of a new era in physics ...
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Quantum mechanics was born 100 years ago. Physicists are celebrating
Quantum physics underlies technologies from the laser to the smartphone. The International Year of Quantum marks a century of scientific developments.
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Why even physicists still don’t understand quantum theory 100 years on
But their ideas fell short of describing a complete theory. It was the German physicist Werner Heisenberg who, in 1925, first put forward a comprehensive version of quantum mechanics. Later that ...
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Helgoland: leading physicists to gather on the tiny island where quantum mechanics was born
Part of our International Year of Quantum Science and Technology coverage In this episode of Physics World Stories, we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Werner Heisenberg’s trip to the North Sea ...
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Scientists make ‘rare advance’ in tackling the oldest unsolved problem in physics
The German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg allegedly said on his deathbed, “When I meet God, I am going to ask him two questions: Why relativity? And why turbulence? I really believe he ...