We are back in the cool of the Northeast. The weather is about the same as when we left with the sky bright and sunny. A friend who almost killed me twice is now retired and a science enthusiast as I. He sends out regular Emails on topics of interest including the latest on:
January 6, 2006
SCIENCE JOURNAL
By SHARON BEGLEY
The Magical BehaviorOf Subatomic ParticlesMoves Into Real WorldJanuary 6, 2006; Page A9
This includes yet another example of quantum weirdness where reality only happens when something is observed. Initially such strange things were observed only on subatomic particles. Now larger structures including aggregates of up to 100,000 atoms show the same strange behavior.
The following link: www.nist.gov/public_affairs/images/NIST_CatStates_embed.html1 is a government site that includes a Quick Time graphic of five atoms rotating both clockwise and counter clockwise at the same time. One atom is looked at with a photon and all five now only turn in one direction. So when the photon looked at one atom, it’s wave function collapsed into one direction of rotation not both ways at once and the other four that were not probed did the same thing.
What is really real?
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