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A Diamond Speck in Two Places at Once ⚡ экспресс

Original: "Magnetic levitation and spatial superposition of a nanodiamond with a current-carrying chip"
arXiv:2601.06608 · 2026-01-10 · CC BY · ⏱ 1 min · Quantum Physics
Physicists have devised a way to make a tiny diamond levitate and be in two places at once—to test whether gravity itself is quantum.
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A tiny levitating diamond can be in two places at once! Physicists have devised a tabletop experiment: using magnetic fields, the particle hovers and splits. If two such particles entangle via gravity, it would prove the quantum nature of attraction. Perhaps soon we’ll understand how space-time is woven.

🎯 The state of dual existence lasts less than an instant—a tenth of a second—but that’s long enough for measurements.

Scientists
Emmy NoetherAlbert EinsteinRobert H. DickeWolfgang PauliEnrico FermiPaul Dirac
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spacetime curvature carbon Standard Model
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Noether's theoremequivalence principlespin–statistics theoremFermi's golden ruleLense–Thirring effectUnruh effect
Original: arXiv:2601.06608 · CC BY · bridge42worlds