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Tiny ‘metajets’ could use light to steer sails for interstellar travel

Sam Miller2 weeks ago03 mins

An artist’s impression of a light sail RICHARD BIZLEY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Interstellar travel propelled by light just got one step closer. Light sails, which are huge sheets pushed along by light that bounces off of them, may be the best way to travel enormous distances through space, and now we may have a way to…

Quantum entanglement can be measured in solids for the first time

Sam Miller2 months ago03 mins

The behaviour of two distinct particles can be linked by quantum entanglement Science Photo Library / Alamy We finally have a way to measure quantum entanglement of solids, which could lead to advances in both quantum technology and fundamental physics. When it comes to quantum entanglement – an inextricable link between quantum particles that keeps…

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Tiny ‘metajets’ could use light to steer sails for interstellar travel

Quantum entanglement can be measured in solids for the first time