Quantum tunnelling breaks the rules of classical physics — and leads to ghost-like transfer of matter through barriers. Demonstrations of a new type of quantum tunnelling have the ghosts taking new liberties.
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Heller, E. Air juggling and other tricks. Nature 412, 33–34 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35083672
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