Posted on 02/05/2016 11:32:15 AM PST by Reeses
In a breakthrough in quantum physics, scientists were able to create the phenomenon of quantum entanglement macroscopically using large magnets at room temperature.
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scientists working at the University of Chicago and the Argonne National Laboratory revealed that they were able to create quantum entanglement at a macroscopic level at room temperature on a semiconductor chip, using atomic nuclei and the application of relatively small magnetic fields.
Their breakthrough, which is published in Science Advances, is not only significant in what they accomplished but also how they accomplished it. In quantum physics, the creation of entanglement in particles larger and more complex than photons usual requires temperature to be cooled to near absolute zero and also requires the use of powerful magnetic fields.
Researchers were able to accomplish this latest feat by using infrared laser light to order the magnetic states of electrons and nuclei. After which, electromagnetic pulses were used to entangle them. This resulted in entangled pairs of electrons and nuclei within a macroscopic 40 cubic micrometer volume (around the size of a red blood cell) in a semiconductor.
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Somewhere in the universe, my alternate’s head is spinning in the other direction.
Me not understand.
Spooky.
Didn’t George Washington warn us about quantum entanglements?
So reality is not local.
So is this good or bad. Should I be elated or terrified?
Yep. This quantum computing stuff is going to lead to Skynet.
Terrified for the future of the human race.
Elated for the creation of a new cyborg race. Better. Stronger. Faster.
Oh dear.
I thought we were getting there a couple of years ago when the EBT computer went down.
That it developed intelligence and decided to off those useless humans.
>>> Should I be elated or terrified? <<<
YES.
Note to self. Convert liquid assets into canned food and shotgun shells.
THIS IS VERY BAD!!!
This is the first step to quantum computers than can become self-aware at an exponential rate.
Probably by NEXT WEEK!!!!
(just kidding)
They observed what’s outside our universe. They peeked through the boundary of physics.
They will now have to die, err, excuse me, meet untimely deaths and suicides.
This could create a completely secure communication network. There would be no way to intercept “the signal”. Quantum states could be used to send 1’s and 0’s over vast distances, and do so instantaneously. Hello Star Trek sub-space communication.
It means that giant billion dollar thing in Switzerland that has to supercool the particles can go back to being a ski slope.
This is, possibly, revolutionary.
It means at a minimum wireless communications that are instantaneous - beyond the speed of light - and unlimited. It means anywhere to anywhere instantaneous comms with unlimited data. Implementation is a problem - a huge engineering problem. But its no longer just a theory.
Twenty years after next week.
Still, fear for your grandkids.
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