Easing uncertainty: How Heisenberg's uncertainty principle can be relaxed

Easing uncertainty: How Heisenberg's uncertainty principle can be relaxed Heisenberg's uncertainty principle -- the fundamental impossibility of simultaneously measuring entities such as position and momentum exactly -- is at the heart of quantum theory. Physicists have now demonstrated an elegant way to relax this intrinsic incompatibility using a mechanical oscillator formed by a single trapped ion, opening up a route for fundamental studies and practical uses alike. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J