Beneath Gran Sasso, a Detector Finds No Sign That Gravity Kills Quantum Superpositions
A detector buried beneath Italy's Gran Sasso mountain found no signal showing gravity destroys quantum superpositions.
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Tag: quantum mechanics
Imperial Professor Explains Where the Quantum World Ends and Ours Begins
A professor ponders where quantum waves cease to be waves and become the solid world we see — an episode of The Joy of Why.
Rovelli’s New Book Argues Physics Can’t Give Us an Absolute View of Reality
Physicist Carlo Rovelli argues physics reveals no ultimate perspective on reality, only relations between things.
Tiny Flaws in Time’s Flow Have Been Detected by Scientists
Physicists claim a tiny glitch in time itself, a built-in uncertainty too small for our clocks to measure.
Quantum Wave Meets Free Fall: Atom Interferometer Finally Tests Einstein vs. Quantum Mechanics
A machine splits a single atom into two paths, one that falls, one held still, settling a century-old dispute between two famous ideas.