Researchers have visualized for the first time the direct effect of the Pauli exclusion principle, a fundamental feature of quantum mechanics that allows ordinary matter to be stable, among other ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. The principle also helps us understand why matter is ...

We finally have a demonstration of a quantum effect that was predicted years ago, which is capable of making invisible matter. The process that the MIT researchers witnessed is called Pauli blocking.

Without the Pauli exclusion principle, matter as we know it would not exist. But at low, low temperatures, even this quantum law gives way DESPITE its name, this principle is pretty inclusive: ...