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Macroscopic Quantum Entanglement

Posted by michael on from the done-with-mirrors dept.

meckardt writes: "We laugh at the science fiction of such programs as Star Trek, but it can almost be stated as a truism that what is fiction today may be science tomorrow and engineering next week. Researchers at the University of Aarhus in Denmark report in the science journal Nature that they have been able to cause particles to interact over a distance using lasers. The effect, called quantum entanglement, has been observed before, but never with such large amounts of matter. Don't expect transporters next week, but it is interesting that this report hits the streets the same day that Enterprise debuts."

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  1. Not ready next week by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Don't expect transporters next week, but it is interesting that this report hits the streets the same day that Enterprise debuts.

    Thanks Gog they won't be ready next week. Or else we might see some towelheads hijack one of those in order to telefrag the Transamerica Pyramid in San Franscisco!

  2. Laugh at Star Trek??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Hang him!!! Flog the bastard!!! 40 lashes from Whorf!!!

  3. Re:Not true teleportation by DickBreath · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Nature is a peer reviewed journal

    Well, Slashdot is peer reviewed too. So that should give it equal credibility.

    So there.

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