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Drones could help create a quantum internet
Flying drones sent entangled particles of light to two locations a kilometer apart.
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Scientists report 39 sets of spacetime ripples from just half a year of data.
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Quantum PhysicsGalileo’s famous gravity experiment holds up, even with individual atoms
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PhysicsA photon’s journey through a hydrogen molecule is the shortest event ever timed
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