Heisenberg Principle Challenged: New Quantum Precision Breakthrough
A new quantum measurement technique reshapes uncertainty, allowing precision once thought impossible under Heisenberg’s principle.
Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle is one of the most fundamental ideas in quantum mechanics, stating that certain physical properties of a particle cannot both be known with unlimited accuracy at the same time.
- Position and momentum: the more precisely you measure a particle’s position, the less precisely you can know its momentum, and vice versa.
- Other pairs of “conjugate variables,” such as energy and time, also follow similar trade-offs.
The uncertainty principle is an inherent feature of nature, built into the mathematics of quantum mechanics.
Author's summary: New technique challenges Heisenberg's principle.