Physics & Quantum · Recorded milestone
Quantum mechanics
Recorded year1925
Heisenberg and Schrödinger build the theory behind lasers, chips and chemistry.
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- Electron microscopeRecorded · 1931enables
- NMR spectroscopyRecorded · 1946enables
- TransistorRecorded · 1947enables
- MaserRecorded · 1954requires
- Atomic clockRecorded · 1955enables
- Plenty of Room at the BottomRecorded · 1959enables
- Bell's theoremRecorded · 1964enables
- Dilution refrigeratorRecorded · 1964enables
- Density functional theoryRecorded · 1965enables
- Laser cooling of atomsRecorded · 1978enables
- Quantum dotsRecorded · 1981enables
- Scanning tunnelling microscopeRecorded · 1981enables
- Shor's factoring algorithmRecorded · 1994enables
- Bose-Einstein condensateRecorded · 1995enables
- GMR hard-drive read headsRecorded · 1997enables
- Atomic magnetometerRecorded · 2002enables
- Large Hadron ColliderRecorded · 2008requires
- Room-temperature quantum devicesRecorded · 2008enables
- Quantum supremacy demoRecorded · 2019requires
- Post-quantum encryption standardsRecorded · 2024requires
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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.