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      More Information on Quantum Entanglement

      See what scientists are doing to try to understand the deepest mystery of quantum physics

      • By George Musser on May 18, 2011
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      » Giant page of links to all sorts of quantum experiments

      » Author's review paper on macroscopic entanglement

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        George Musser is a contributing editor at Scientific American and author of Spooky Action at a Distance (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015) and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to String Theory (Alpha, 2008). Follow George Musser on Twitter Credit: Nick Higgins

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