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What is quantum entanglement? A physicist explains the science of Einstein’s ‘spooky action at a distance’

  • Written by Andreas Muller, Associate Professor of Physics, University of South Florida
imageWhen two particles are entangled, the state of one is tied to the state of the other. Victor de Schwanberg/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

The 2022 Nobel Prize in physics recognized three scientists who made groundbreaking contributions in understanding one of the most mysterious of all natural phenomena: quantum entanglement.

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