Quantum Mechanics

A new QED-C® study explores the diverse range of potential applications and early standardization efforts within the industry. — In the 122 years since Max Planck first suggested the quantum hypothesis, scientists have drastically expanded our understanding of quantum mechanics and how the universe behaves at the smallest scales. …

A quick dive into a mode of understanding the world we live in… — There are two ways of explaining the actions of the universe: Classical Physics and Quantum Mechanics. However these theories are two very different things. In history, the development of classical physics took us into the industrial revolution. This is the encompassment of ideas such as Newtonian dynamics, Maxwell’s electromagnetism and…

What makes a cow a cow? A cow has four limbs, a pair of horns, a tail, and eats grass (among other things). What makes an electron an electron? An electron is arguably defined by two traits — its charge (the stuff that makes up electricity), and its spin (the…

“Bose-Einstein condensation is one of the most intriguing phenomena predicted by quantum statistical mechanics.” — Wolfgang Ketterle, Nobel Laureate in Physics We know about solids, liquids, gases, and even plasmas. But when you take a low-density gas and cool it close to absolute zero, an exotic state of matter forms…

Have you heard of the paradox of Schrödinger’s cat? To illustrate in short, Erwin Schrödinger, a physicist conducted a thought experiment with a “hypothetical” cat where he imagined that depending on a random sub-atomic event, a cat may be considered both dead and alive simultaneously. He proposed this experiment based…

The theories and discoveries of thousands of physicists since the 1930s have resulted in a remarkable insight into the fundamental structure of matter: everything in the universe is found to be made from a few basic building blocks called fundamental particles, governed by four fundamental forces. …

The universe may separate us, but our love will stay akindle — Someone a few million light years away once said, “Love is one soul inhabiting two bodies.” Truer words couldn’t have been spoken for us! You remember it, don’t you, how it all began? A tumult in the now-tranquil cosmos, the quantum foam frothing on the shorelines of vacuum that poured…

Many people might wonder what the “electron clouds,” a.k.a. atomic and molecular orbitals would look like in real life. This has been a primary motive of me working on a project called ElectronVisualized — to provide a better solution for both teachers and students to better depict the nature of…