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Quantum State Created In Largest Object Yet

Posted by samzenpus on from the hoping-each-time-that-his-next-leap-will-be-the-leap-home. dept.

SpuriousLogic writes "A team of researchers have created a 'quantum state' in an object billions of times larger than ever before. From the article: 'Such states, in which an object is effectively in two places at once, have until now only been accomplished with single particles, atoms and molecules. In this experiment, published in the journal Nature, scientists produced a quantum state in an object billions of times larger than previous tests. The team says the result could have significant implications in quantum computing.'"

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  1. Re:Screw Quantum computing, I want a TRANSPORTER! by NthDegree256 · · Score: 0, Troll

    ooh ooh! I just came up with an awesome idea to make money! Tell people you have a quantum teleporter that will make a copy of them on another planet, but in reality, it doesn't do anything, but they can't prove it because they can't get to the other planet.

    The preferred term is "going to heaven."

  2. There is no simultaneity by srussia · · Score: 0, Troll

    Just like energy, time is also discrete and no two things can exist in the same quantum of time.

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    Set your phasers on "funky"!