The first ever photograph of light as both a particle and wave

Light_As_Particle_And_Wave

When UV light hits a metal surface, it causes an emission of electrons. Albert Einstein explained this “photoelectric” effect by proposing that light – thought to only be a wave – is also a stream of particles. Even though a variety of experiments have successfully observed both the particle- and wave-like behaviors of light, they have never been able to observe both at the same time.

Quantum mechanics tells us that light can behave simultaneously as a particle or a wave. However, there has never been an experiment able to capture both natures of light at the same time; the closest we have come is seeing either wave or particle, but always at different times. Taking a radically different experimental approach, EPFL scientists have now been able to take the first ever snapshot of light behaving both as a wave and as a particle. The breakthrough work is published in Nature Communications.

A research team led by Fabrizio Carbone at EPFL has now carried out an experiment with a clever twist: using electrons to image light. The researchers have captured, for the first time ever, a single snapshot of light behaving simultaneously as both a wave and a stream of particles.

https://phys.org/news/2015-03-particle.html

27 Pictures That Will Make You Reevaluate Your Entire Existence

Asteroid Compared to LA

If you thank that’s life changing… …consider that you are as large as all of that or as small as the tiniest spec of dust on a grain of sand… …as you choose!

I sometimes go to bed at night and mock up 8 anchor points and consider them as bounding the entire physical universe. Sort of restores one’s perception of one’s cause level a tad.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/reexamine-your-entire-life

Top 13 Supplements to Sharpen Mind and Mood

Brain Food

Various foods known as cognitive enhancers or brain boosters are a great way to add specific health-boosting nutrients to your diet so you can optimise your mental faculties. Of the 13 mentioned in this article I have 9 in my Memory powder – and a whole lot more. 60 different ingredients, in fact. If you have senior moments you’d like to lose, try this: https://www.healthelicious.com.au/Nutri-Blast-Memory-Blend.html

https://www.theartofhealing.com.au/Top_13_Nootropic_Supplements.html