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Physicists Propose New Kind of Quantum Tunneling

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the good-ideas-debunked-the-fastest dept.

KentuckyFC writes to tell us that scientists from the UK and Germany are proposing a third kind of quantum tunneling. They propose that a quantum particle is capable of changing into a pair of "virtual particles" capable of passing through a potential barrier before changing back. The supposition also provides some interesting methods of possibly testing string theory. So many interesting and useful possibilities, I guess that just means it will be debunked faster than other scientific theories.

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  1. Just a silly joke... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Q: Why did Lamb Armstrong leave Sheryl Cow?

    A: He was no longer sexually attracted to her after she had a moooooooooo-stectomy!

  2. Re:What? by Jane+Q.+Public · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is not Wikipedia. http://tinyurl.com/2c9np

  3. Re:What? by ZeroExistenZ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Mine was intended as humorous, too, so let's all relax.

    Ok, Jane. I'm all relaxed, so very relaxed... what now?

    --
    I think we can keep recursing like this until someone returns 1