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[novapsyche]

Teleportation breakthrough made

.Scientists have performed successful teleportation on atoms for the first time, the journal Nature reports.

[...] What the teams at the University of Innsbruck and the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (Nist) did was teleport qubits from one atom to another with the help of a third auxiliary atom.

It relies on a strange behaviour that exists at the atomic scale known as "entanglement", whereby two particles can have related properties even when they are far apart. Einstein called it a "spooky action".

The two groups used different techniques for achieving teleportation, but both followed the same basic protocol.

Comments

[kittenkissies.livejournal.com]

Holy shit. HOLY SHIT.
I thought this used to be wonderful, until I realized that someday someone might be teleporting bombs, germs, or gas.
There will have to be "Teleporter ID".
"Teleporter waiting?"heheheee

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

Well, according to the smart folks in physics, what's going on isn't really teleportation but rather telecopying. I guess it's more of a transfer of atoms and information than actual physical movement. At least, as far as I understand things.

[kittenkissies.livejournal.com]

I wondered, but still....