We all know that the theory of relativity describes weirdo happenings in our world of space, time and mass.
We all know that quantum mechanics describes weirdo things in the world of the utterly tiny - the atom, the electron, the neutrino, the photon.
And we all know just how well tested both theories are, that they describe aspects of reality very, very well, but that they are also hopelessly at odds with each other.
Well in the Jan 3 issue of New ScientistWe have made interference patterns with molecules composed of 800 atoms, but the more massive they get, the shorter-lived the superposition. This has led some to suspect that gravity might be the real reason why massive collections of atoms - including us - are not quantum.
We all know that quantum mechanics describes weirdo things in the world of the utterly tiny - the atom, the electron, the neutrino, the photon.
And we all know just how well tested both theories are, that they describe aspects of reality very, very well, but that they are also hopelessly at odds with each other.
Well in the Jan 3 issue of New ScientistWe have made interference patterns with molecules composed of 800 atoms, but the more massive they get, the shorter-lived the superposition. This has led some to suspect that gravity might be the real reason why massive collections of atoms - including us - are not quantum.
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