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more about #quantumentanglement more comments → Roger_Wilco: i always assumed this was more or less how the Ancible (sp?) worked in Ender's Game more » protohiro: This does not demonstrate FTL communication. Causality is not violated. Quoth wikipedia: Measurements of one particle will be correlated with measure... more » Aaron Roberts: "communicating with each other, faster than the speed of light" Where on the linked site does it state this experiment showed such FTL communication? more » WillTheSecond: I was thinking of the (Gallivespian) devices from The Amber Spyglass when I read this. One of the coolest ideas from a novel with many cool ideas. Thi... more » Pope John Peeps II: "Watson, come here. I need you." *five light years away* "Oh shit." more » -
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Scientists Measure Communication Between Quantum Entangled Atoms
Einstein called it "spooky action at a distance:" one particle can instantaneously tell what another is doing without being anywhere near it. It's called quantum entanglement. And now NIST physicists have brought this effect to the real world. More »
