Quantum Physics
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Why quantum mechanics might need an overhaul
Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg says current debates in quantum mechanics need a new approach to comprehend reality.
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‘Time crystal’ created in lab
A chain of ions creates a crystal that repeats in time instead of in space.
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Taming photons, electrons paves way for quantum internet
Scientists are gearing up to create supersecure global quantum networks.
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Experiment confirms plan for quantum-coded messages
A new way to send secret quantum messages uses shorter keys.
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A new ‘Einstein’ equation suggests wormholes hold key to quantum gravity
A new Einsteinian equation, ER=EPR, may be the clue physicists need to merge quantum mechanics with general relativity.
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General relativity has readers feeling upside down
Readers respond to the June 25, 2016, issue of Science News with questions on Earth's age, moaning whales, plate tectonics and more.
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Quantum fragility may help birds navigate
Birds’ internal compasses may rely on the delicate nature of the quantum world.
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Quantum weirdness survives space travel
Quantum weirdness travels from Earth to space and back again.
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Schrödinger’s cat now dead and alive in two boxes at once
The living-dead feline has been split in two, using a system of microwaves inside superconducting cavities.
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Physicists smash particle imitators
A new quasiparticle collider smashes together the faux-particles that appear in solid materials.
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Communicating covertly goes quantum
Researchers are working to make quantum messages that are undetectable.
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Information is physical, even in quantum systems, study suggests
A thermodynamic principle says that deleting information generates heat, and now, scientists say that goes for quantum systems, too.
