00:03quantum chemistry is happening all around us all the time but those reactions are microscopic
00:08even subatomic and they're happening at incredible speeds this makes them extremely
00:13hard to observe however now scientists have made it just a little bit easier by slowing
00:17the whole thing down quantum chemical reactions take place over a period of time known as
00:22femtoseconds or quadrillionths of a second but now scientists have been able to observe
00:27that process after trapping a charged particle in an electric field slowing it down by 100 billion
00:33times this allowed the researchers to observe the process over milliseconds instead giving them time
00:38to take measurements they say this lets them map the change in state for the electrons present or
00:43what they liken to observing the way an airplane wing affects the air moving around it in a wind
00:47tunnel with the researchers writing quote our experiment wasn't a digital approximation of the
00:51process this was a direct analog observation of the quantum dynamics unfolding at a speed we could
00:57observe and they add this is the first step in better understanding not only the world around
01:01us but aiding us in novel inventions as well adding it is by understanding these basic processes inside
01:07and between molecules that we can open up a new world of possibilities in material science
01:11drug design or solar energy harvesting
01:15you
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