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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1011631 United States 12/11/2011 07:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Entangled diamonds blur quantum-classical divide Two diamonds as wide as earring studs have been made to share the spooky quantum state known as entanglement. The feat, performed at room temperature, blurs the divide between the classical and quantum worlds, since typically the quantum link has been made with much smaller particles at low temperatures. Entanglement is one of the weird aspects of quantum mechanics, where the fates of two or more particles are intertwined – even when they are physically far apart. Electrons, for example, have been entangled, so that changing the quantum spin of one affects the spins of its entangled partners. [link to www.newscientist.com] |
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