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One Lab’s Quest to Build Space-Time Out of Quantum Particles

The Quanta Podcast

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The Messy Elegance of Quantum Mechanics

Theory of quantum mechanics has always been elegant, says lead researcher. But Bryan Swingle wanted to reverse time in order to study black holes and a quantum phenomenon known as scrambling. He realized that researchers would need to tightly control the quantum system in question. It needed the ability to perfectly reverse all inner actions.

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