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February 25, 2016

Researchers demonstrate 'quantum surrealism'
Toronto, Canada (SPX) Feb 25, 2016
New research demonstrates that particles at the quantum level can in fact be seen as behaving something like billiard balls rolling along a table, and not merely as the probabilistic smears that the standard interpretation of quantum mechanics suggests. But there's a catch - the tracks the particles follow do not always behave as one would expect from "realistic" trajectories, but often in a fashion that has been termed "surrealistic." In a new version of an old experiment, CIFAR Senior Fellow Aep ... read more

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