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    Scientists just imaged the hidden quantum shape of a molecule

    August 26, 2026, Categories  Physics

    An illustration of how researchers used state-of-the-art photoelectron spectroscopy (left hand side) with a lab-based soft-X-ray light source that provides ultrashort light pulses, which was combined with powerful mathematical algorithms, to image the wavefunction of electron orbitals (right-hand side).
    An illustration of how researchers used state-of-the-art photoelectron spectroscopy (left hand side) with a lab-based soft-X-ray light source that provides ultrashort light pulses, which was combined with powerful mathematical algorithms, to image the wavefunction of electron orbitals (right-hand side).

    Photo: Lukas Kroll

    A new imaging breakthrough could let scientists watch a molecule’s quantum wavefunction change in 3D on femtosecond timescales.

    Researchers have found a way to create a complete 3D image of a molecule’s wavefunction, one of quantum mechanics’ most fundamental yet elusive features...

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