The 5-metre deep hole emerged in Heidelberg, near construction for the $26bn North East Link project ...

In the world of quantum mechanics, particles can behave like waves. This wave-like nature is crucial for understanding quantum tunnelling. Imagine a tiny particle, like an electron, approaching a hill ...

For the description and observation of quantum mechanical tunnelling, a double-well-type potential, where two localized spatial modes are separated by a barrier, is among the conceptually simplest set ...

Ever shrinking: a study of the interface between silicon and silicon dioxide could lead to smaller transistors. (Courtesy: iStock/Quardia) Two researchers in China have shown how unwanted quantum ...

In the same way as gravity brings a body to a halt on the floor of a valley, the nuclear force (which binds protons and neutrons to form the atomic nucleus) and the electrical force (which combines ...

Briton John Clarke, Frenchman Michel Devoret and American John Martinis won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for work on quantum physics in action, the Nobel jury said. The trio was honoured "for ...

With the confirmation of a 90-year-old theory on quantum tunnelling, whole new avenues of energy research have opened up. A team of researchers from the University of Sydney announced the confirmation ...

Mumbai is deeply distressed over the union government''s assertion that tunnelling through hills for road projects does not require Environmental Clearance (EC), green groups have warned that the move ...

Researchers have developed a nanoscale light-emitting biosensor that uses quantum tunnelling and engineered metasurfaces to achieve efficient, tunable, and label-free detection of biomolecules. In a ...

Schematic of the device: two-dimensional van der Waals (vdW) magnetic materials are particularly promising for spintronic devices. (Courtesy: G Yu) Researchers in China have observed giant tunnelling ...

An international team of researchers has observed the quantum mechanical tunnelling effect for the first time. We have to climb a mountain in order to conquer it. In quantum physics there is a ...