Quantum computer draws closer
Source: BBC
Scientists have "entangled" two sub-atomic particles separated by about a millimetre, a feat that might pave the way for powerful quantum computers in the future. When two particles are entangled they are somehow connected because the fate of one depends upon the other, no matter how far apart they are.
Sounds weird - even Einstein never quite came to terms with it.
Entangled particles may be useful to make logic circuits for computers that have a far greater capacity and speed than today's machines.
Published in the journal Science, the results represent the latest advance in a broad scientific effort to apply properties of quantum physics to the creation of a new generation of supercomputers.
