Physicists Create Quantum Link Between Photons That Don't Exist At the Same Time

sciencehabit writes "Physicists have long known that quantum mechanics allows for a subtle connection between quantum particles called entanglement, in which measuring one particle can instantly set the otherwise uncertain condition, or 'state,' of another particle—even if it's light years away. Now, experimenters in Israel have shown that they can entangle two photons that don't even exist at the same time. Anton Zeilinger, a physicist at the University of Vienna, says that the experiment demonstrates just how slippery the concepts of quantum mechanics are. 'It's really neat because it shows more or less that quantum events are outside our everyday notions of space and time.'"

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Re:Wait for the retraction

[Progman3K]

Oooh, called out by anonymous coward who doesn't postulate anything... Edgy

Things that go bump in the night...

[flyingfsck]

Things that don't exist are a very important part of Israeli culture, but it is not science.