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Graduate Student Proves a Quantum Uncertainty Principle for Fractals

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Ada Zejun Shen/Quanta Magazine Introduction At the quantum scale, tiny particles behave in bizarre ways. One reason for this is the uncertainty principle, which says that the more you know about where a quantum particle is, the less you can know about how fast it’s moving, and vice versa. Recently, this rule got a rare upgrade. The new uncertainty principle relates to fractals, shapes that remain equally complex no matter how much you zoom in on them.
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Graduate Student Proves a Quantum Uncertainty Principle for Fractals

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3 hours ago California’s experiment with local control reveals what happens when organizations grant autonomy without clear standards, ownership, or support. A new school year begins for California students this week with fresh data for administrators. Stanford University released an 18-month study of …
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Physicists Discover the Most Complex Forms of Ice Yet

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Ice comes in more forms than what you’ll find in a freezer or a glacier. Since 1900, scientists have observed more than 20 phases of ice, many of them shaped under extreme conditions. The growing list includes hot ice and even ice that conducts electricity. Ice is the name for any phase of water that is solid and crystalline, meaning that it has a repeating molecular structure. Over the past decade, computer simulations have predicted tens of thousands of possible forms of ice.
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