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Quantum mechanics is the study of the dynamics of particles at its most fundamental level. The state of a particle, such as its position or momentum, is described by a statistical distribution ...

Quantum mechanics has a reputation that precedes it. Virtually everyone who has bumped up against the quantum realm, whether ...

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Just 100 years ago, on 9 July 1925, Werner Heisenberg wrote a letter to his friend, colleague and fiercest critic, Wolfgang Pauli. A few weeks earlier, Heisenberg had returned from the North Sea ...

Quantum computers have the potential to revolutionize computing by solving complex problems that stump even today's fastest ...

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Left: The first lines of the letter sent by Werner Heisenberg to Wolfgang Pauli on 9 July 1925, explaining his efforts to interpret quantum physics ...

Quantum optics articles from across Nature Portfolio Quantum optics is the study of how individual quanta of light, known as photons, interact with atoms and molecules. This includes studying the ...

The promise of so-called “quantum advantage” is simple. By harnessing the counterintuitive rules of quantum mechanics, ...