Scientists Used Water to Uncover a Strange, 'Invisible' Quantum Phenomenon That Remained Elusive for Decades

Scientists Used Water to Uncover a Strange, 'Invisible' Quantum Phenomenon That Remained Elusive for Decades

A team of physicists set out to recreate a 60-year-old quantum mystery using a large water tank. While their experiment produced the expected results, it also revealed an unexpected behavior in the water. The experiment centered on the Aharonov–Bohm effect, a strange quantum phenomenon where electrons respond to a magnetic field even when they never actually pass through it. First predicted back in 1959, this effect has been notoriously difficul…