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Fake violations of Bell tests reinforce importance of closing loopholes

(PhysOrg.com) -- In quantum mechanics, Bell’s inequalities serve as a test of nonclassical behavior: if something (such as a light source) violates Bell’s inequalities, then it can be considered to involve quantum ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 8 | with audio podcast feature

Physicists make discovery in quantum mechanics

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) -- Physicists at UC Santa Barbara have made an important advance in quantum mechanics using a superconducting electrical circuit. The finding is reported in this week's issue of the journal Nature.

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created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (31) | comments 49




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Physicists close two loopholes while violating local realism

(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest test in quantum mechanics provides even stronger support than before for the view that nature violates local realism and is thus in contradiction with a classical worldview. By ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 30, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (60) | comments 81 | with audio podcast feature

Debunking and closing quantum entanglement 'loopholes'

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of physicists, including a scientist based at The University of Queensland, has recently closed an additional 'loophole' in a test explaining one of science's strangest phenomena -- ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Nov 15, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (23) | comments 59 | with audio podcast

A community approach to kicking the habit

A team of health researchers from The University of Nottingham are spearheading a new project to reduce tobacco use in an area which has one of the highest rates of smoking in the country.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Quantum guessing game reveals insight into stronger-than-quantum correlations

(PhysOrg.com) -- In information processing, physicists are often in search of ways to turn classical strategies into quantum ones, with the implication that the quantum version is somehow stronger, faster, or more secure ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jun 22, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (16) | comments 7 | with audio podcast feature

Random, but not by chance: A quantum random-number generator for encryption, security

Researchers have devised a new kind of random number generator, for encrypted communications and other uses, that is cryptographically secure, inherently private and - most importantly - certified random by ...

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created Apr 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (21) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Inequality, 'silver spoon' effect found in ancient societies

The so-called "silver spoon" effect -- in which wealth is passed down from one generation to another -- is well established in some of the world's most ancient economies, according to an international study coordinated by ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (18) | comments 22

Physicists Explain How Human Eyes Can Detect Quantum Effects

(PhysOrg.com) -- By greatly amplifying one photon from an entangled photon pair, physicists have theoretically shown that human eyes can be used as detectors to observe quantum effects. Usually, detecting ...

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created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (48) | comments 19 feature

Post-Quantum Correlations: Exploring the Limits of Quantum Nonlocality

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to nonlocal correlations, some correlations are more nonlocal than others. As the subject of study for several decades, nonlocal correlations (for example, quantum entanglement) ...

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created May 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (22) | comments 20 feature

It's Easier to Observe the Failure of Local Realism than Previously Thought

(PhysOrg.com) -- Local realism is something we live with every day, even if we don’t realize it. The principle of local realism combines two assumptions: locality and realism. Locality says that distant objects cannot directly ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (42) | comments 199 feature

Physicists Propose Method for Entangling Moving Material Particles

(PhysOrg.com) -- When physicists experiment with quantum entanglement, they usually work with photons, the intangible particles of light. In the past few years, however, scientists have begun to broaden their ...

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created Jan 16, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (16) | comments 14 feature


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