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Recent Examples on the Web The uncertainty principle, formulated by Werner Heisenberg in 1927, is a consequence of the fuzziness of the universe at microscopic scales. — Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, "Particle Measurement Sidesteps the Uncertainty Principle," 6 Aug. 2014 This same technique of acquiring the minimum amount of information needed for a measurement seemed to offer a way around the uncertainty principle. — Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, "Particle Measurement Sidesteps the Uncertainty Principle," 6 Aug. 2014 In a sense, merely looking at a quantum system unavoidably disturbs it, a manifestation of Heisenberg’s famous uncertainty principle. — Quanta Magazine, "Why I Called It ‘Quantum Supremacy’," 2 Oct. 2019 In a sense, merely looking at a quantum system unavoidably disturbs it, a manifestation of Heisenberg’s famous uncertainty principle. — Quanta Magazine, "Why I Called It ‘Quantum Supremacy’," 2 Oct. 2019 In a sense, merely looking at a quantum system unavoidably disturbs it, a manifestation of Heisenberg’s famous uncertainty principle. — Quanta Magazine, "Why I Called It ‘Quantum Supremacy’," 2 Oct. 2019 But because of the uncertainty principle in quantum physics, the state of a quantum field is never certain, so its energy can never be exactly zero. — Quanta Magazine, "Why the Tiny Weight of Empty Space Is Such a Huge Mystery," 12 Mar. 2018 In a sense, merely looking at a quantum system unavoidably disturbs it, a manifestation of Heisenberg’s famous uncertainty principle. — Wired, "Why I Coined the Term ‘Quantum Supremacy’," 6 Oct. 2019 That leaves us with one option: to lean on Keats’s uncertainty principle and find joy in the mystery. — Lindsay Warner, Harper's BAZAAR, "Why I Chose to Freeze My Eggs," 27 Sep. 2019

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