Quantum mechanics theory predicts that, in addition to exhibiting particle-like behavior, particles of all sizes can also ...

A strange kind of geometry governs how particles move inside matter. Now, for the first time, physicists have uncovered its ...

Such advances offer robust methodologies for tackling complex quantum systems and underscore the intimate connection between quantum mechanics and the theory of special functions.

A survey of Scientific American’s century of quantum coverage helps explain the enduring popularity of strange physics ...

One example is a wave in shallow water. Though governed by classical hydrodynamics, shallow water waves can have waveforms ...

Stress is a very real factor in the structure of our universe. Not the kind of stress that students experience when taking a ...

Physicists at MIT recreated the double-slit experiment using individual photons and atoms held in laser light, uncovering the true limits of light’s wave–particle duality. Their results proved ...

During his PhD at UMass, Nikhil Malvankar was laser-focused on quantum mechanics and the movement of electrons in ...

For a century, quantum theory has passed every experimental test, but physicists can’t agree on how to use it to paint a picture of our reality – or even whether that is possible ...

Quantum mechanics continues to offer profound insights into the fundamental nature of matter and energy, and the use of special functions plays a critical role in obtaining exact analytical solutions ...