How Quantum Physics will change your life and amaze the world!

 

Excerpt from educatinghumanity.com

“Anyone not shocked by quantum mechanics has not yet understood it.”
Niels Bohr

10 Ways Quantum Physics Will Change the World

Ever

want to have a “life do over”, teleport, time travel, have your

computer work at lightening speed or be guaranteed of no turbulence on

your next flight, while many of these things are on the horizon. Make no

mistake about it, quantum physics has been around for sometime but it

is just about to change all of our lives.
 



physics deals with the behavior of the smallest things in our universe:

subatomic particles. It is a new science, only coming into its own in

the early part of the 20th century, when physicists began questioning

why they couldn’t explain certain radiation effects. One of those

pioneering thinkers, Max Planck, used the term “quanta” for the tiny

particles of energy he was studying, hence the term “quantum physics”.

Planck said the amount of energy contained in an electron is not

arbitrary, but is a multiple of a standard “quantum” of energy. One of

the first practical uses of this knowledge led to the invention of the

transistor.

1. Parallel Universes

Ever

wonder what life would be like if you could travel back in time? Would

you assassinate Hitler? Join the Roman legions and see the ancient

world? Ask the head cheerleader to the prom? While we’ve all got

fantasies of what we’d do if given the opportunity, scientists at the

University of California Santa Barbara may have cleared the path to

righting the wrongs of years gone by.

In a 2010

experiment, the scientists proved that an object may exist

simultaneously in two different worlds. They isolated a tiny piece of

metal, struck it like a tuning fork and observed that it moved and stood

still at the same time. While you probably would have just racked this

observation up to delirium caused by overwork, these physicists say it

proves that observing an object and action splits the universe into two

parts — one we can see and one we can’t. The parallel universe theory

says everything freezes during observation — and then splits.

Scientists are

trying to figure out how to jump at the moment of that split from the

world we will enter into the one we won’t. This parallel universe time

travel theory should work, scientists say, because quantum particles

move backward and forward through time . Now, all scientists have to do

is build a time-bending machine using these quantum particles.

Another

world-changing aspect of quantum physics may come in the computing

realm, where a type of superconducting circuit is giving computers

unprecedented speed and power. The circuits behave like artificial

atoms, researchers say, because they can only gain or lose energy in

packets by moving between discrete energy levels. The most complicated

atom has five energy levels. This type of system is known as a “qudit”

and is a vast improvement over the previous “qubit,” which had only two

energy levels. Qubits and qudits take the place of the bits used in

standard computers. These quantum computers will use the laws of quantum

mechanics to perform computations much faster than traditional

computers.

3. Quantum cryptography

Encoding messages

inside an individual particle of light, or photon, has long been the

goal of quantum cryptographers. That method seems to be just at hand, as

scientists at the University of Toronto have worked with a method fast

enough to encode a video . Cryptography involves a string of ones and

zeros called the “key.” Adding the key once encodes the information,

adding it again decodes it. If an unauthorized person manages to obtain

the key, the code can be cracked. But in quantum key distribution, the

very act of using the key would reveal the hacker’s presence.

4. Teleporting

5. The God Particle

6. Prayer

According to some

physicists who have tested Bell’s inequality, reality is based on the

observer effect, which could explain the power of shamanistic healing

and the interaction between the reality of local space-time and human

consciousness. As far back as 1998, controlled experiments have

demonstrated the effect of observation on particles .

7. Quantum Dots

One day soon, quantum physics may

help doctors locate cancer cells in the body and pinpoint exactly where

the cells have spread. Scientists have discovered that some tiny

semiconductor crystals called quantum dots glow when exposed to

ultraviolet radiation and photographed with a special microscope .

They then coat the quantum dots with a material that is attractive to

cancer cells. When injected into the body, the coated glowing quantum

dots latch on to cancer cells,

showing doctors exactly where to look for the cells. The glow coating

is long-lasting, and it is relatively easy for scientists to customize

it to fit the specifications of the particular type of cancer they are

searching for.

While high-tech

science certainly is responsible for many medical breakthroughs, man was

dependent on other means of fighting illness for centuries. 

8. Spintronics

Processing

information through circuits with spintronics would allow information to

be carried in two directions at once, further reducing the size of

electronic circuits . This new material injects electrons into the

semiconductor based on their spin orientation. The electrons travel

through the semiconductor and are ready to be a spin detector on the

other side. Scientists say the new semiconductor can work at room

temperature and is optically transparent, meaning it could work with

touch screens and solar cells. They are also optimistic that it will

enable inventors to come up with even more multi-functional devices.

9. Turbulence Control

Turbulence is

caused by swirls in a gas or liquid, and in nature occurs in a chaotic

manner, seemingly without rhyme or reason . While turbulence can form in

air and in water, physicists have discovered it can also form in

ultra-cold atom gases and superfluid helium. By studying turbulence in a

controlled method in the lab, scientists may one day be able to predict

and perhaps control it in nature.

10. Entanglement

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