Physicists from the Canadian Institute for Measurement Standards are the first to measure a quantum mechanical wave function. And it only took 88 years from the formulation of Schroedinger’s equation!

Students calculate wavelength, frequency, or the velocity of a wave. Atomic Theory: Electrons on the Atom Bohr’s model of the atom are described. Students calculate wavelength, frequency, or the ...

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman has been quoted as saying that it’s safe to say “that nobody understands quantum mechanics.” But even though the study of the quantum world may be counter ...

For surfers, it's not enough just to wait for the right wave: they still have to know how to catch it. As it turns out, one challenge faced by surfers also applies to protons. An experiment recently ...

If P(nl; r) is the (nl) radial wave function in an atom of atomic number N, and PH(nl; r) is the corresponding wave function of hydrogen, then, for a given configuration and for large N N-1/2P(nl; r) ...

1926: Nuclear physicist Erwin Schrödinger writes a letter to Albert Einstein, introducing a new term: wave mechanics. Things are getting particularly interesting. If they are things. Well, probably.

Researchers propose a space-based gravitational wave detector consisting of two spatially separated, drag-free satellites sharing ultra-stable optical laser light over a single baseline. Each ...