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Physicists Get Two Atoms to Communicate: First Step Toward the Quantum Internet

The University of Michigan researchers said their accomplishment marks an advance toward super-fast quantum computing and data transmission.The scientists used light to establish what's called "entanglement" between two atoms, which were trapped one meter apart in separate enclosures. They described entangling as similar to controlling the outcome of one coin flip with the outcome of a separate coin flip. Continued...