10 Minute listen from NPR. It’s worth the listen if you’re a layperson and could use some “Quantum Mechanics for Beginners.” Use the “Source:” link, below, to take you to the audio and full article. Because Quantum is Coming. Qubit
Quantum Mechanics For Beginners
In brief…
+ Imagine building a better clock — with entangled atoms. Sound difficult? Not for Monika Schleier-Smith, associate professor of physics at Stanford University and 2020 MacArthur Fellow.
+ Schleier-Smith studies quantum mechanics, the theory that explains the nature of really small things: atoms, photons, and individual particles (e.g. electrons). Quantum mechanics is responsible for innovations in computers, telecommunications, and medicine. And those innovations often start in a lab.
+ Currently, the Schleier-Smith lab is venturing deeper into the quantum realm. They’re engineering systems to control interactions between particles that are long-ranged or non-local, which has implications for enabling new computational paradigms and building table-top simulations of quantum gravity.
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