China’s single-atom experiment settles the Einstein vs. Bohr debate with new precision
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Chinese researchers used a single atom chilled to near absolute zero to recreate Einstein's 1927 thought experiment challenging quantum mechanics, definitively proving Niels Bohr's century-old argument that observing a photon's path destroys its wave interference pattern. This breakthrough experiment provides scientists with an unprecedented tool to study quantum decoherence and entanglement.
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