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Read article: Quantum oscillators fall in synch even when classical ones don’t – but at a cost Quantum mechanics Research update Quantum oscillators fall in synch even when classical ones don’t – but at a cost For large-scale systems, classical oscillators are more energy-efficient, say theorists
Read article: Our world (still) cannot be anything but quantum, say physicists Quantum mechanics Research update Our world (still) cannot be anything but quantum, say physicists Measurements of the Leggett-Garg inequality using neutron interferometry emphasize that no classical macroscopic theory can describe reality
Read article: Paradigm shifts: positivism, realism and the fight against apathy in the quantum revolution Quantum mechanics Opinion and reviews Paradigm shifts: positivism, realism and the fight against apathy in the quantum revolution Jim Baggott reviews Escape from Shadow Physics: the Quest to End the Dark Ages of Quantum Theory by Adam Forrest Kay
Read article: Quantum mechanical wormholes fill gaps in black hole entropy Gravity Research update Quantum mechanical wormholes fill gaps in black hole entropy New model could explain a 50-year-old conundrum involving the Bekenstein-Hawking formula
Read article: Giant quantum tornado behaves like a black hole in miniature Quantum mechanics Research update Giant quantum tornado behaves like a black hole in miniature Swirling vortex in superfluid helium could let researchers study rotating curved space–times in the lab
Read article: Entangled entities: Bohr, Einstein and the battle over quantum fundamentals Quantum mechanics Opinion and reviews Entangled entities: Bohr, Einstein and the battle over quantum fundamentals Philip Ball reviews Quantum Drama: From the Bohr-Einstein Debate to the Riddle of Entanglement by Jim Baggott and John L Heilbron
Read article: Getting closer to measuring quantum gravity Quantum mechanics Research update Getting closer to measuring quantum gravity New technique measures the gravitational pull on a micron-scale levitating magnetic particle
Read article: Simulations of time travel send quantum metrology back to the future Quantum mechanics Research update Simulations of time travel send quantum metrology back to the future Teleportation of entangled quantum states leads to useful information gain, say theorists