Submitted by Katherine Laidlaw on Wed, 21/10/2020 - 10:23
Grace’s PhD research focuses on the role of analogy in modern physics, but before coming to Cambridge she studied the conceptual issues invoked by a quantity known as quantum tunneling time — the time taken for a quantum particle to 'tunnel’ through a barrier in a classically-forbidden way.
She recently pitched an article on quantum tunneling time to Quanta Magazine, a popular science magazine that focuses on physics and mathematics. Their senior editor, Natalie Wolchover, decided to go ahead with the article and interviewed Grace as an expert source. See Grace quoted in the final article: "Quantum Tunnels Show How Particles Can Break the Speed of Light”.