Tardigrade is first multicellular organism to be quantum entangled

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Physics 17 December 2021

By Alex Wilkins

Tardigrade

An illustration of a tardigrade

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A tardigrade has been quantum entangled with a superconducting qubit – and lived to archer the tale. It is the archetypal clip a multicellular organism has been placed successful this unusual quantum authorities and raises questions astir what it means for surviving things to beryllium entangled.

Tardigrades are micro-animals that tin past utmost temperatures and pressures successful a hibernating authorities called a tun. Rainer Dumke and his colleagues astatine Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, placed 1 of these hibernating tardigrades connected a superconducting qubit, an constituent of …

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