Quantum tunnelling & the STM
🔬 Achieved by science
IBM Zurich, Binnig & Rohrer (1986 Nobel) · Switzerland · 1981
Electrons ‘pass through’ a classically impassable barrier with some probability; the STM uses tunnelling current to image single atoms.
VerdictReal at the micro scale; the probability for macroscopic objects approaches zero.
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Zhang Baosheng ‘pill through bottle’
✕ Debunked
Institute 507 · 1988 controlled test by He Zuoxiu et al. · China · 1983–1988
As in the Telekinesis entry.
VerdictDebunked.
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The Hutchison effect
✕ Debunked
Canadian amateur inventor John Hutchison · Canada, Vancouver · 1979–
Videos claim Tesla coils ‘jellify’ metal, embed wood in metal and levitate objects.
VerdictNever reproduced under controlled conditions; regarded as fabricated.
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