Tag Archives: Thomas Young

The molecule that was also a wave

Posted on December 12, 2019 by

According to the principles of quantum mechanics, you’re a wave – just like light is both a particle and a wave. It’s just that your wavelength is so small that your wave nature doesn’t matter, and you’re treated like a … Continue reading →

Posted in Scicomm | Tagged Christiaan Huygens, classical mechanics, diffraction grating, double-slit experiment, Ibn al-Haytham, interferometer, Isaac Newton, laser diffraction, matter-wave, matter-wave interference, oligoporphyrins, Quantum mechanics, Thomas Young, wave-particle duality | Comments Off

What is VLBI?

Posted on July 3, 2014 by

On June 25, scientists announced the discovery of a trio of supermassive black holes at the center of a galaxy 4.2 billion light years away. The find was credited to the European VLBI Network. A Space.com report stated that this … Continue reading →

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