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Scientists "Teleport" Quantum Information One Meter

Posted by timothy on from the teleport-a-child-and-we'll-be-impressed dept.

the4thdimension writes "While we may not be beaming up to the Enterprise anytime soon, a team of scientists from the University of Maryland and the University of Michigan have managed to teleport information between two atoms up to a meter apart. Until this point, only very tiny distances were able to be traveled. However, using a complicated system of photons, ions, lasers, and electromagnetics, scientists have managed to 'teleport' information contained on one atom to another atom that is in a separate sealed container. This can lead to a wide range of developments in computing and communications." Update: 01/29 22:29 GMT by T : Sorry, it's a dupe, but today's article in Time is better reading than the abstract anyhow.

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  1. Discussed A Week Ago by eldavojohn · · Score: 5, Informative

    I think we discussed this a week ago.

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    1. Re:Discussed A Week Ago by Dyinobal · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yes it teleported 1 week through space and time. Last week you read about the attempt, this week you read about the sucess.

  2. Re:Insert Quantam Leap joke here - by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ziggy says there's a 99.9999% chance you got that reference wrong.

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  3. The funny thing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...is for the whole week in between the experiment simultaneously existed as both a success and a failure.