Oxford physicists just made Schrödinger’s cat even stranger - Science Daily

At some point between the tiny world of particles and atoms and the much larger world we experience every day, quantum behavior appears to fade away. Quantum mechanics allows particles to exist in combinations of possible states, a phenomenon known as superposition. That strange feature inspired Schrödinger's famous thought experiment involving a cat that is both alive and dead until it is observed. Yet objects in the everyday world do not behave that way.

Dr. Chunyu Guo, a research group leader at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, has received the 2026 Nicholas Kurti Science Prize for his research on quantum materials. Guo’s work examines quantum behaviour in kagome metals, including many-body quantum interference, long-range coherent charge transport, and electronic order under extreme conditions.

Archaeologists have discovered a faience workshop at a major temple complex in the ancient Nubian capital of Napata, showing how the rulers of ancient Kush used specialized craft production to reinforce royal power.