So the #slidingSports (#bobsled, #luge, #skeleton) at the #Olympics are timing to the thousanth of a second and take multiple runs—all to avoid ties. So at what point are #quantumFluctuations going to decide the medals in those sports?

CORRECTION: the Bobsled still uses hundredths of a second, so evidently they're further from quantum interference.

Absolutely empty—that is how most of us envision the #vacuum. Yet, in reality, it is filled with an energetic flickering: the #quantumfluctuations.

Experts are currently preparing a #laserexperiment intended to verify these vacuum fluctuations in a novel way, which could potentially provide clues to new laws in #physics.

https://phys.org/news/2023-11-tracking-quantum-fluctuations-vacuum-explore.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

Tracking down quantum fluctuations of the vacuum to explore the limits of physics

Absolutely empty—that is how most of us envision the vacuum. Yet, in reality, it is filled with an energetic flickering: the quantum fluctuations.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2862: Randomness

Episode: 2862 Randomness out of Nothingness. Today, let’s talk about how to pick random numbers out of thin air.

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#pi #quantumFluctuations #randomNumberGenerators

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2862: Randomness

Episode: 2862 Randomness out of Nothingness.  Today, let's talk about how to pick random numbers out of thin air.

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Could quantum fluctuations in the early universe enhance the creation of massive galaxy clusters?

Astrophysicists have been trying to understand the formation of cosmological objects and phenomena in the universe for decades. Past theoretical studies suggest that quantum fluctuations in the early universe, known as primordial quantum diffusion, could have given rise to so-called primordial black holes.

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Could quantum fluctuations in the early universe enhance the creation of massive galaxy clusters?

Astrophysicists have been trying to understand the formation of cosmological objects and phenomena in the universe for decades. Past theoretical studies suggest that quantum fluctuations in the early universe, known as primordial quantum diffusion, could have given rise to so-called primordial black holes.

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Using quantum fluctuations to generate random numbers faster

A team of physicists from Ghent University—Interuniversity Microelectronics Center, Technical University of Denmark and Politecnico & Università di Bari, reports that it is possible to use quantum fluctuations to generate random numbers faster than standard methods.

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Chasing Probability
This week’s reading is Chasing Probability by Gunnar de Winter. Its themes are superpositio
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Chasing Probability

This week’s reading is Chasing Probability by Gunnar de Winter. Its themes are superposition, multiverse, probability and quantum fluctuations. Length about seven minutes. Listen to this and other …

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