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Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

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Indestructible quantum rifts can exist in two places at once

An ion trap helped create a quantum defect in two places at…

This test could reveal whether gravity is subject to quantum weirdness

How can we test whether gravity is quantum?AndreusK/Getty Images/iStockphoto Though physicists have…

Signals from exotic new stars could hide in gravitational wave data

We can detect signals from black holes merging – but could we…

Quantum holograms can send messages that disappear

Polarised light can make messages encoded in a quantum hologram disappearHong Liang,…

Tweezers made of light could illuminate the quantum twin paradox

Tweezers made from laser beams can hold and move a single atomAepsilon/Shutterstock…

Lightning can make energy waves that travel shockingly far into space

Lightning can produce special waves of energyRooM the Agency/Alamy An overlooked mechanism…

The odds of quantum weirdness being real just got a lot higher

An experiment with beams of photons has confirmed quantum weirdness existsluchschenF/Shutterstock The…

New spin on quantum theory forces rethink of a fundamental physics law

In the quantum realm, a particle’s properties can be separate from the…

We could make fuel and fertiliser by recycling wastewater

Farmers rely on ammonia as a fertiliser for cropsPattie Calfy/Getty Images An…

Existing quantum devices could be used to disrupt the stock market

Commercially available quantum technology could let stock traders coordinate decisions to buy…