What was the 2012 Nobel Prize in physics given for? Capturing a single photon of light!

Since the very beginning of quantum mechanics, a debate has raged about how to interpret its bizarre predictions. And at the heart and origin of that debate is the quantum jump or quantum leap - the seemingly miraculous and instantaneous...

I recently got to sit down with physicist and science communicator extraordinaire Prof. Brian Cox. Did we talk about black holes, the Big Bang, or alien worlds? Nope! We talked about biology. Specifically, what is “life” and how did it...

One Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics -- all in one minute!

Quantum physics is weird. But quantum computing could be awesome! Learn how scientists took a big leap this week toward making quantum computers a reality.

Hank brings us the news about the new Nobel Prize winners in the sciences, what they won for and what it all means.

"I Don't Think It Means What You Think It Means" examines scientific theories that have taken on a life of their own in popular culture & we help you understand what they really mean in scientific terms. Today we take on Schrodinger's...

The villainous Dr. Schrodinger has developed a growth ray and intends to create an army of giant cats to terrorize the city. Your team of secret agents has tracked him to his underground lab. You burst in to find. . . that it's a trap!...

Austrian physicist Erwin Schrodinger, one of the founders of quantum mechanics, posed this famous question: If you put a cat in a sealed box with a device that has a 50% chance of killing the cat in the next hour, what will be the state...

Two developments in quantum computing in the past couple of weeks are the harbingers of a whole new era of smart technology. Google announced that it's building a quantum computer designed by a company called D-Wave in partnership with...

Why you can’t clone Schrödinger’s cat: this video presents the full proof of the “No Cloning” Theorem in Quantum Mechanics – without any fancy math! (stereotypical qubit has been replaced with...

What was the 2012 Nobel Prize in physics given for? Capturing a single photon of light!

The classical physics that we encounter in our everyday, macroscopic world is very different from the quantum physics that governs systems on a much smaller scale (like atoms). One great example of quantum physics' weirdness can be shown...

Mr. Andersen details the history of modern atomic theory.

When a quantum system is observed or measured, its behavior changes. This phenomenon is known as the "observer effect." Specifically, it refers to how particles can exhibit both wave-like and particle-like behavior, depending on...

The act of measurement in quantum mechanics causes "collapse of the wavefunction". Here, I explain what is meant by measurement in the discipline of quantum mechanics.<br/>

Okay, it's time to dig into quantum mechanics! Don't worry, we won't get into the math, we just want to understand what the math represents, and come away with a new and improved view of the electron as both a circular standing wave and...

Why did Schrödinger devise this strange thought experiment?

Quantum mechanics, relativity, space-time, Schrodinger's Cat, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, you've heard of all this stuff but you assume that there's no way you can understand it. Think again! With a little bit of preparation,...

Universos paralelos, ¿Son una realidad o sólo producto de la ciencia ficción? ¿Tiene algo que ver con la física cuántica y el gato de Schrödinger?

La idea de universos paralelos se refiere a la posibilidad de que existan otros...

We don't have to know too much physics to do chemistry, but the electron, the particle that makes all the chemistry happen, is a quantum mechanical particle, so we have to understand it just a little bit. Don't worry, no math, just...