Big molecules also behave like waves.

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#1 kuraimen
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This is interesting for all those who remember that experiment where scientists noticed that light had both particle and wave properties and which became a foundation of quantic physics well now they are finding out that big molecules also behave in such a way. Where does the quantum world ends and the macro world with its classical physics starts? or is everything just manifestations of a quantum world?

Largest Molecules Yet Behave Like Waves in Quantum Double-Slit Experiment

http://news.yahoo.com/largest-molecules-yet-behave-waves-quantum-double-slit-184107270.html

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I must admit this stuff blows my mind.
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I must admit this stuff blows my mind.DaBrainz
Tell me about it, reality, afterall, IS stranger than fiction :)
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Is this the only known situation in which big molecules behave this way?

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Is this the only known situation in which big molecules behave this way?

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Well, as far as I know, this is the first experiment I've seen to specifically measure this characteristic on big molecules. But I could be wrong.
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this is indeed a disturbing universe.
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#7 branketra
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[QUOTE="kuraimen"][QUOTE="BranKetra"]

Is this the only known situation in which big molecules behave this way?

Well, as far as I know, this is the first experiment I've seen to specifically measure this characteristic on big molecules. But I could be wrong.

That's what the article is saying. There have been "double-slit" experiments in the past, but this is apparently the first one on "big molecules," though they didn't say much about the ones they used besides the number of atoms in each.
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[QUOTE="BranKetra"][QUOTE="kuraimen"][QUOTE="BranKetra"]

Is this the only known situation in which big molecules behave this way?

Well, as far as I know, this is the first experiment I've seen to specifically measure this characteristic on big molecules. But I could be wrong.

That's what the article is saying. There have been "double-slit" experiments in the past, but this is apparently the first one on "big molecules," though they didn't say much about the ones they used besides the number of atoms in each.

The biggest molecule to show this duality was buckminsterfulerene in an experiment carried out years ago, if i recall correctly...