Quantum Trickery: Testing Einstein's Strangest Theory

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iNViSiGOD

Quantum Trickery: Testing Einstein's Strangest Theory

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This fall scientists announced that they had put a half dozen beryllium atoms into a "cat state."

No, they were not sprawled along a sunny windowsill. To a physicist, a "cat state" is the condition of being two diametrically opposed conditions at once, like black and white, up and down, or dead and alive.

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Quote from: iNViSiGOD on December 28, 2005, 09:30:08 AMThis fall scientists announced that they had put a half dozen beryllium atoms into a "cat state."

No, they were not sprawled along a sunny windowsill. To a physicist, a "cat state" is the condition of being two diametrically opposed conditions at once, like black and white, up and down, or dead and alive.

Full story here.

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