See quantum mechanics at work

Quantum mechanics describes nature at atomic and subatomic scales, where the rules differ from everyday classical intuition. A single event can be fundamentally unpredictable, even while large numbers of similar events follow highly regular statistical patterns.

Quantum@Home uses small detectors in an ordinary home to make some of these effects visible through live data and short experiments.

Experiments

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Natural radiation

Watch natural background radiation arrive in real time, follow its history, and see how counts per minute form the distribution expected from random detections.

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Quantum randomness

A quantum random number generator converts the fundamentally unpredictable behavior of photons into random data. Use live quantum randomness to explore chance and measurement.

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Closed box with cat and decay motif Source: vecteezy.com

Schrödinger’s Cat

Use quantum randomness to simulate radioactive decay and reveal Schrödinger’s cat after one rubidium-82 half-life.

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