One Thing Does Lead to Another

One Physics misconception that I still see bandied about, frequently, is that quantum physics is somehow fundamentally different than the classical physics we observe at larger scales.  Inevitably, Schrodinger’s cat is mentioned in there somehow, as a wearisome “example” of just how strange quantum …

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When Light Collides With Light

I love this experimental discovery and its implications for electrodynamics. All fundamental particles are cousins of the quantum units of electromagnetic energy (photons), but none more so than the ubiquitous electron. Very cool work by Professor Anne Sickles of my alma mater, The University …

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