A Quantum Leap in the Classical World.

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    • Abstract:
      PHYSICISTS HAVE LONG struggled with a perplexing conundrum: Why do tiny particles such as atoms, photons, and electrons behave in ways that bacteria, bees, and bowling balls do not? The synthetic molecules Arndt's colleagues at the University of Basel in Switzerland developed for the study are the largest particles ever tested in such an experiment. In 1801, physicist Thomas Young conducted the first double-slit experiment, shooting a beam of light toward a barrier with two slits in it. [Extracted from the article]