NIST's dual quantum drums (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

NIST's dual quantum drums

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researchers entangled the beats of these two mechanical drums--tiny aluminum membranes each made of about 1 trillion atoms--and precisely measured their linked quantum properties. Entangled pairs like this (shown in this colorized micrograph), which are massive by quantum standards, might someday perform computations and transmit data in large-scale quantum networks.

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Teufel/NIST

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