Major Scientific Leap: Quantum Microscope Created That Can See the Impossible

https://scitechdaily.com ^ | JUNE 9, 2021 | By UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND

[RomanSoldier19]

In a major scientific leap, University of Queensland researchers have created a quantum microscope that can reveal biological structures that would otherwise be impossible to see.

This paves the way for applications in biotechnology, and could extend far beyond this into areas ranging from navigation to medical imaging.

The microscope is powered by the science of quantum entanglement, an effect Einstein described as “spooky interactions at a distance.”

Quantum Microscope Up Close UQ’s quantum microscope, ready to zero in on previously impossible-to-see biology. Credit: The University of Queensland

Professor Warwick Bowen, from UQ’s Quantum Optics Lab and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS), said it was the first entanglement-based sensor with performance beyond the best possible existing technology.

“This breakthrough will spark all sorts of new technologies — from better navigation systems to better MRI machines, you name it,” Professor Bowen said.

“Entanglement is thought to lie at the heart of a quantum revolution. We’ve finally demonstrated that sensors that use it can supersede existing, non-quantum technology.

“This is exciting — it’s the first proof of the paradigm-changing potential of entanglement for sensing.”

[Enterprise]

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[aquila48]

Regarding Schrondinger cat...

What if you put a dead cat in the box, is it still possible that it can be simultaneously both dead and alive?

Could you ever open that box and see a live cat?

I don’t think so. The whole “mysterious” Schrondinger cat thing is nothing more than something that can exist in various states, and happens to be in a particulate state when you open the box.

So putting a live cat into a box, at a later time when you open it, it could be dead or alive, asleep or awake, sick or well, pooping or not, and so on.

And if you happen to see the cat dead when you open the box, I guarantee that after you close the box again, and then open it at any later time, you will never see the cat alive.

[Wilhelm Tell]

Great cartoon!

[Who is John Galt?]

sounds like a Democrat microscope.

I think you're right! Maybe, if you squint real hard while using it, you can see enough legal Biden votes to put Crazy Joe in the White House...

[chickenlips]

It will revolutionize Facebook!

[Salamander]

You misspelled obliterate.

:D

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Chekov can do Chekhov;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGbq5j9VxoE

[PLMerite]

"...reveal biological structures that would otherwise be impossible to see."

Old news:

[JohnnyP]

I remember those ads.

[NetAddicted]

PERUSE LATER.

[TigersEye]

That was hilarious! Only 1,400 views? A travesty!

Thanks!