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One hundred years of quantum mechanics

Marlan O. Scully, William George Unruh

Published Dec 4, 2025• 3 citations
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Abstract

Quantum mechanics has gone from a theory in test to becoming the foundation of new technologies.
DOI
10.1126/science.ady6092

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