quantum

Don’t Tell Bones: Are We One Step Closer to “Beaming Up?”

January 23, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter It’s a crazy way to travel, spreading a man’s molecules all over the Universe… While we’re still a very long way off from instantly transporting from ship to planet à la Star Trek, scientists are still relentlessly working on the type [...]

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Define Quantum

February 1, 2010

What is a quantum? A quantum is the smallest unit of matter in an interaction. We use this unit when we are talking about physical interactions at the atomic and subatomic level. The quantum plays an important role in our understanding of physics at the atomic level. It even lends its name to this field [...]

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