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Quantum superposition or quantum entanglement concept illustration. Superposition is the ability of a quantum system to be in multiple states at the same time until it is measured. Quantum entanglement is a physical phenomenon that occurs when pairs or groups of particles are generated or interact in ways such that the quantum state of each particle cannot be described independently.

Rethinking reality: Is the entire universe a single quantum object?

5 July 2023

In the face of new evidence, physicists are starting to view the cosmos not as made up of disparate layers, but as a quantum whole linked by entanglement
AWAKE helicon plasma cell R&D lab Date: 14-10-2019 Campagne de tests sur la cellule plasma helicon prototype d?AWAKE, en collaboration avec IPP-Greifswald, University of Wisconsin et EPFL-SPC Photograph: Ordan, Julien Marius Keywords: Experiments and Collaborations; AWAKE; Plasma; EPFL; helicon; IPP-Greifswald; University of Wisconsin Note: General Photo Conditions of Use ? 2019-2023 CERN Accessing copyrighted material

The CERN particle accelerator that will breathe new life into physics

21 February 2023

A new breed of collider, called plasma wakefield accelerators, can study fundamental physics in new ways by doing something the Large Hadron Collider cannot do: colliding electrons
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Advances in physics may seem abstract at first but tech often follows

12 January 2022

Hints of a fifth force of nature may only interest researchers and science lovers for now, but physics breakthroughs have a habit of delivering technological leaps
Fabiola Gianotti on why science at CERN has no borders

Fabiola Gianotti on why science at CERN has no borders

27 July 2020

The particle physics discoveries have dried up but in politically uncertain times CERN's cooperative model is an example to the world, says its chief Fabiola Gianotti.

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