Nobel Prize in physics awarded for breakthroughs in quantum mechanics

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The 2022 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to three physicists for their pioneering experiments in quantum information science, a burgeoning field that could revolutionize computing, cryptography and the transfer of information via what is known as “quantum teleportation.”

John F. Clauser, 79, an American physicist in Walnut Creek, Calif., was laureated along with Alain Aspect of Université Paris-Saclay and École Polytechnique in France and Anton Zeilinger of the University of Vienna in Austria.

When asked by a reporter if, in 10,000 years, it will be possible to teleport one’s own body to another place, he answered that the teleportation of people is “science fiction.”

In a press release, the Academy explained the experiments that led to the prize: “What happens to one particle in an entangled pair determines what happens to the other, even if they are really too far apart to affect each other. The laureates’ development of experimental tools has laid the foundation for a new era of quantum technology.”

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2022/10/04/nobel-prize-physics/

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1. CNN explains it better....

The trio won for their experiments with what's known as entanglement -- a mind-boggling phenomenon when two particles behave as one and affect each other, even though they can be at a vast distance to one another, on opposite sides of the planet or even the solar system.

It's been one of the most debated elements of quantum mechanics and was memorably described by particle physicist Albert Einstein as "spooky action at a distance."


https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/04/europe/nobel-prize-physics-winner-2022-intl-scn/index.html

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