How to Use quantum mechanics in a Sentence

quantum mechanics

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  • All the same, some suspect that for this view of quantum mechanics, the writing is on the wall.
    — Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The term quantum mechanics is first used in a paper by Max Born.
    — Gil Press, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022
  • And those laser beams are composed of photons that obey the rules of quantum mechanics.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 2 July 2020
  • Now, that is something that is no longer true in the context of quantum mechanics.
    — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 26 July 2023
  • But unlike Earth and the moon, electrons and photons obey the rules of quantum mechanics.
    — WIRED, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The physics of the event horizon is a long-standing problem in quantum mechanics.
    — Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The starting point was me trying to get my hand around quantum mechanics.
    — Hugh Hart, Fortune, 5 Mar. 2020
  • What does this poor creature have to do with quantum mechanics?
    — John Horgan, Scientific American, 24 July 2021
  • He was cut off from the outside world, detained with only a book on quantum mechanics to read.
    — Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
  • The solution might be to go small, beyond small, to the point where quantum mechanics come into play.
    — David Lumb, Popular Mechanics, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Or quantum mechanics, which had the feverish air of a revolution in the 1920s.
    — Sam Kean, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2021
  • There are some things about quantum mechanics that are very strange and very counter-intuitive.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2020
  • But modern mechanics – the physics of light, atoms, quantum mechanics and curved space-time – changed this concept of force.
    — Larry M. Silverberg, Discover Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Such a loss would go against the laws of quantum mechanics, which say that information cannot be destroyed.
    — Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American, 30 Nov. 2022
  • This many worlds view of quantum mechanics was first set out by physicist Hugh Everett in the 1950s, and has slowly gained followers in the decades since.
    — Dan Falk, Discover Magazine, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The electrons and atoms within the protein have to move according to the laws of quantum mechanics, which act as something like a rulebook.
    — Karmela Padavic-Callaghan, Wired, 10 Dec. 2021
  • The black box of quantum mechanics has expanded to encompass the world.
    — John Horgan, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2021
  • But down at the level of quantum mechanics, the laws of thermodynamics don’t always apply in quite the same way.
    — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 3 May 2023
  • If, indeed, the rules of quantum mechanics apply, then this is where the fun work of imagining the multiverse can begin.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Researchers continue to argue over the best way to think about quantum mechanics.
    — Quanta Magazine, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Due to the nature of quantum mechanics, it’s believed any attempt to eavesdrop on such a network would alter the photons, alerting the users.
    — Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
  • But once again, quantum mechanics comes into the picture.
    — Paul M. Sutter, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2023
  • In other words, the team took a closer look at the limitations of the Wigner's Friend thought experiment in the world of quantum mechanics.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Still, Schmidt-Kaler is excited about the prospects of using time-of-flight measurements to test the foundations of quantum mechanics.
    — Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Quantum computers use the principles of quantum mechanics to form their circuits, with each unit of the circuit called a qubit.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2022
  • In the years since, physicists have found other ways to rewrite quantum mechanics based on real numbers.
    — Marc-Olivier Renou, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Ask about some mind-bending physics, and people will tend to focus on the many mind-bending oddities of quantum mechanics.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2020
  • These forces were strong enough to prevent the electron spilling and sloshing predicted by quantum mechanics.
    — Quanta Magazine, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Although the science of memory and the brain comes across as well researched and intriguing, the realm of quantum mechanics remains a cosmological question mark.
    — Meg Elison, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
  • However, quantum mechanics dictates that each photon will be both transmitted and reflected.
    — science.org, 10 June 2024

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