October 30, 2017
MP3 FILE / 40 MINUTES / 39 MB
Gravitational waves from a neutron star collision; creating Majorana particles in the lab with Kang L. Wang; quantum Darwinism with Gerardo Adesso; & making a quantum replicant with Jayne Thompson.
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Individual Stories
Majorana Particles in the Lab
MP3 FILE / 16 MINUTES / 15 MB
Physicist Kang L. Wang describes how his team generated particles that are their own antiparticles in the lab, how the particles may aid in quantum computing and what they can tell us about our own origins.
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Quantum Darwinism
MP3 FILE / 12 MINUTES / 11 MB
Does quantum theory require the presence of a conscious observer? Or could a form of natural selection create reality from the quantum realm? Quantum physicist Gerardo Adesso talks to reporter Colin Stuart.
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Quantum Replicants
MP3 FILE / 9 MINUTES / 9 MB
Quantum physicist Jayne Thompson describes how to build a quantum replicant with a boosted memory, to reporter Colin Stuart.
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