Quantum Entanglement of Macroscopic Diamonds

Posted by Soulskill on Friday December 2, 2011 @08:51AM from the simultaneously-a-girl's-best-friend-and-not dept.

New submitter ananyo writes "A pair of diamond crystals has been linked by quantum entanglement — one of the first times that objects visible to the naked eye have been placed in a connected quantum state. 'This means that a vibration in the crystals could not be meaningfully assigned to one or other of them: both crystals were simultaneously vibrating and not vibrating (abstract). Quantum entanglement — interdependence of quantum states between particles not in physical contact — has been well established between quantum particles such as atoms at ultra-cold temperatures. But like most quantum effects, it doesn't tend to survive either at room temperature or in objects large enough to see with the naked eye.'"

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weird. by notgm · 2011-12-02 08:54 · Score: 5, Funny

this both gives me the chills, and doesn't.
www.quantum-vibrator.xxx by Slugster · 2011-12-02 08:58 · Score: 5, Funny

great..... we dump all this money in some eggheads' laps, and all they can think of is to make fancy adult toys
Quantum First Post! by Dutchmaan · 2011-12-02 08:58 · Score: 4, Funny

This is a first post, and yet it isn't!
next step in this study by niw3 · 2011-12-02 09:00 · Score: 4, Funny

should be an experiment with a cat & some poison
Harmony at last.. by RenHoek · 2011-12-02 09:04 · Score: 4, Funny

Neat... Now I can get a pair of diamond vibrators and please both my wife and mistress at the same time!
1. Re:Harmony at last.. by roc97007 · 2011-12-02 09:07 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Or not, at the same time.
  
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