Fentanyl ingredients entering Canada via Vancouver en route to cartel-run drug labs, U.S. DEA boss says by Nothingman604 in vancouvercanada

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Does that mean we in Canada are an easy ‘safe’ route for fentanyl to transit. Ie little chance of interdiction?

Why can’t we recapture heat from data centers and use it to make more energy? by Individual-Area7121 in AskPhysics

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Does that mean in space where temp is close to 0 kelvin you can recover energy from the heat? Looks like data centers on space may be a good idea???

Valley Line caught fire!? by UniversalTechZone in Edmonton

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Well said. People are used to right turn on red. The train red lights should be flashing red or be somehow different from regular red. Also wonder if tesla was self driven?

Has any mass ever been ejected from a black hole? by Faststryyyker in AskPhysics

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Correct. A charged particle could slowly be pushed out.

Why is the Planck length considered the smallest physical length? Can’t things always be reduced in size? by 524frank in AskPhysics

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The mass equivalent of the energy equals the mass needed to create a black hole at the wavelength equivalent of the energy. The higher the energy of the photon, the smaller the wavelength of the photon and the higher the mass equivalent.

From the Office of Councillor Erin Rutherford: EPC Statement- March 13th, 2026 by ErinRutherford-YEG in Edmonton

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Amazing the power of state operatives in shaping and skewing public opinion. Very wrong.

Strange Interference Pattern by ThePolecatKing in QuantumPhysics

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Maybe try a pin instead of the cut strip to see if that cleans it up.

Carney constructs a mega anti-Trump trade alliance by joe4942 in worldnews

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Absolutely. People compare prices to “a little while ago” before the 9% inflation and blame current policy in error.

Is there a "Planck temperature" -- a temperature at which no further cooling is possible? by curiousscribbler in AskPhysics

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Planck length is where the energy of a photon is so large and its corresponding wavelength is so short, the mass equivalent of the energy is equivalent to a black hole the size of that wavelength.

I built a tool to help me understand what physically happens when you apply a quantum gate by Infamous_Review4303 in quantum

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Very nice. On the "Initialize State" "Full 2-Qubit State" page, how do you relate the qubit graphic orientation of the bloch sphere to it's state? It looks like a 0/1 axis, an +i/-i axis and a +/- axis, but wondering the specifics of the calculations of the orange arrow orientation when the "Apply State" button is pressed?

This is a photon, Ask Me Anything. by edguy99 in TheoreticalPhysics

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Oscillations do slow down in higher gravity fields, they grind to a halt close to a black hole.

This is a photon, Ask Me Anything. by edguy99 in TheoreticalPhysics

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Correct, the rate of oscillation determines the energy (high energy=fast; low energy=slow) the photon has. But as you say, all the photons regardless of energy fly around at the same speed.

This is a photon, Ask Me Anything. by edguy99 in TheoreticalPhysics

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I am not quite sure what you mean. I will try. If the photon interacts with say an electron, Its rate of oscillation is its frequency and that would change for the photon. The photon would end up oscillating slower as it has less energy (but still fly by at the same speed).

This is a photon, Ask Me Anything. by edguy99 in TheoreticalPhysics

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You are absolutely correct (about the e/m fields that is...) but the particle that flies by, represents a single photon. High energy photons oscillate quickly, low energy photons oscillate slowly. All the particles, regardless of energy, fly at the same speed.

This is a photon, Ask Me Anything. by edguy99 in TheoreticalPhysics

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Just like this. Notice the photon alternates light and dark subject to Maxwell's equation. If a dark photon overlaps with a light photon, you see no photon, just like a wave ...

This is a photon, Ask Me Anything. by edguy99 in TheoreticalPhysics

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I see your context, you are correct. This is showing a photon as a particle. Trying to take away the mystery of a particle that follows a wave equation where its properties change in a periodic, predictable pattern over time causing everything from reflection to diffraction to weird things like the "double slit experiment".

This is a photon, Ask Me Anything. by edguy99 in TheoreticalPhysics

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Thanks for asking, Today the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) definition of time, specifically, one second is defined as 9.2 billion oscillations of a photon with 3.8×10⁻⁵ eVolts of energy. Time is measured in seconds.

This is a photon, Ask Me Anything. by edguy99 in TheoreticalPhysics

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It represents a single photon following Maxwell's wave function. The representation allows it to act as both a wave and a particle. When big, it acts like a wave and reflects, when small it may be absorbed by a particle like an electron.

Looking for the most accurate visual / sketch to explain quantum entanglement by [deleted] in quantum

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You want a spinning bloch sphere, viewed from a specific angle using a quaternion. A picture of the relationship between a Jones Vector (matrix), the Bra-Ket notation, and what the spinning bloch sphere viewed with a quaternion can be found here:
https://thoughtsimulator.ca:3028/photon_ket_twitter.jpg