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Schrödinger’s cat alive and dead even after you saw it in half
A clever experiment preserves the quantum nature of a set of electromagnetic waves even when they're split apart, a stunt that could help make working quantum computers. By Joshua Sokol (May 26 ’16)
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Has a Hungarian physics lab found a fifth force of nature?
Radioactive decay anomaly could imply a new fundamental force, theorists say. By Edwin Cartlidge. (May 25)
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How Quantum Mechanics Could Be Even Weirder
And what it could mean for the future of computing. By Philip Ball. (June 22, 2016)
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A Fifth Force: Fact or Fiction?
Some physicists claim a new force of nature might have been discovered. If true, that would mean that we have to rewrite the textbooks. By Don Lincoln.
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Researchers blur the line between classical and quantum physics by connecting chaos and entanglement
Using a small quantum system consisting of three superconducting qubits, researchers at UC Santa Barbara and Google have uncovered a link between aspects of classical and quantum physics thought to be unrelated: classical chaos and quantum entanglement. Their findings suggest that it would be possible to use controllable quantum systems to investigate certain fundamental aspects of nature.
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The Noise at the Bottom of the Universe
The origin of quantum noise is the modern incarnation of a millennia-old debate. By George Musser.
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No individual identities for traveling neutrinos
Physicists at MIT announce that subatomic particles called neutrinos can be in “superposition” – that is, without individual identities – when traveling hundreds of miles. By Jennifer Chu.
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Neutrinos Hint of Matter-Antimatter Rift
A hint that neutrinos behave differently than antineutrinos suggests an answer to one the biggest questions in physics. By Natalie Wolchover.
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Meet the scientist on a quest to reunite with his dead father - by building a time machine
Way back in time, in the mid 1950s, 10-year-old Ron Mallett was growing up in the Bronx when he happened upon a comic-book that had a curious contraption on the cover... By Will Storr.
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Dimensional Reduction: the key to physics’ greatest mystery?
Could the secret to understanding gravity be held in reducing, not increasing, the number of dimensions? By Sabine Hossenfelder
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A Unified Theory of Randomness
Researchers have uncovered deep connections among different types of random objects, illuminating hidden geometric structures. By Kevin Hartnett.
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The Multiverse Idea Is Rotting Culture
What looks at first glance like an opening up of possibilities is actually an attack on the human imagination. By Sam Kriss.
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The Bridge From Nowhere
How is it possible to get something from nothing? By Amanda Gefter.
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Physicists Recover From a Summer’s Particle ‘Hangover’
The history of science has shown that setbacks, like the exotic new particle that wasn’t, give way to renewed quests, and theorists lean on experimenters. By George Johnson.
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It’s biology Jim, but not as we know it...
Primed for his appearance at Lab Innovations – we hear from physicist and all-round science hero Professor Jim Al-Khalili OBE on quantum biology.
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The Dark Energy of a Theoretical Physicist
For Lisa Randall, science is the best way to deal with the foolishness of everyday life. By Nell Freudenberger.
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Tangled Up in Spacetime
Hundreds of researchers in a collaborative project called “It from Qubit” say space and time may spring up from the quantum entanglement of tiny bits of information. By Clara Moskowitz.
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Scientists present the most accurate time measurements of quantum jumps to date
When a quantum system changes its state, this is called a quantum jump. Usually, these quantum jumps are considered to be instantaneous. Now, new methods for high-precision measurements allow us to study the time evolution of these quantum jumps. On a time scale of attoseconds, their time structure becomes visible. It is the most accurate time measurement of quantum jumps to date.
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What Sonic Black Holes Say About Real Ones
Can a fluid analogue of a black hole point physicists toward the theory of quantum gravity, or is it a red herring? By Natalie Wolchover.
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Remarkable New Theory Says There’s No Gravity, No Dark Matter, and Einstein Was Wrong
A theoretical physicist proposes a new way to think about gravity and dark matter. By Paul Ratner,
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