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- Scientists have identified the first ”quantum entangled” animal in history in a recent study.
About
- Tardigrade:
- They are microscopic multicellular organisms known to tolerate extreme physiochemical conditions through a latent state of life known as cryptobiosis.
- Their proportions are a little bit similar to a bear’s.
- Quantum and biological systems:
- These systems are seldom discussed together as they seemingly demand opposing conditions. Life is complex, “hot and wet” whereas quantum objects are small, cold and well controlled.
- Significance:
- The coupling between the animal in cryptobiosis and a superconducting quantum bit prepared a highly entangled state between this combined system and another qubit.
- The tardigrade itself is shown to be entangled with the remaining subsystems.
- The tardigrade is mostly (frozen) water, and here it acts like a dielectric, shifting the resonance frequency of the one qubit that it sat on.
- The researchers have claimed that the investigation is perhaps the closest realization combining biological matter and quantum matter available with present-day technology.
Source: IE
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