In the world of quantum mechanics, particles can behave like waves. This wave-like nature is crucial for understanding quantum tunnelling. Imagine a tiny particle, like an electron, approaching a hill ...

Electrochemical sensors based on measuring the tunnelling current across nanoscale electrode junctions in solution are emerging as a new class of single-molecule sensors. They combine extremely high ...

Ever shrinking: a study of the interface between silicon and silicon dioxide could lead to smaller transistors. (Courtesy: iStock/Quardia) Two researchers in China have shown how unwanted quantum ...

In the same way as gravity brings a body to a halt on the floor of a valley, the nuclear force (which binds protons and neutrons to form the atomic nucleus) and the electrical force (which combines ...

(Nanowerk News) Tunnelling is one of most fundamental processes in quantum mechanics, where the wave packet could traverse a classically insurmountable energy barrier with a certain probability.

With the confirmation of a 90-year-old theory on quantum tunnelling, whole new avenues of energy research have opened up. A team of researchers from the University of Sydney announced the confirmation ...

Groundhog Alpha, the seven-metre, 2.5-ton tunnel boring machine developed by Swissloop Tunneling, made it to the final round at the competition in the Nevada desert, where it was only beaten by the ...

An international team of researchers has observed the quantum mechanical tunnelling effect for the first time. We have to climb a mountain in order to conquer it. In quantum physics there is a ...