One step away from quantum computing. The point is not far away, but it is.

A group of Germans published a study in the journal Nature. One of the biggest requirements for quantum computing and safe data transfer is just a little more concrete according to the team.

There are quantum entangled atoms. A kind of communication or transfer ability can be created in a matter of seconds. We don't yet use quantum mechanics to their fullest potential. The latest development in quantum entangled atoms allows you to measure the state of one and automatically know how the other is doing no matter how far apart they are.

Tim van Leent said in a press statement that the experiment is special because itentangles two stationary particles. It's more difficult than the other way around, but it opens up a lot of possibilities.

Albert Einstein once said that quantum mechanics was more like spooky action at a distance, and that theoretically it would mean two objects could affect each other.

Two researchers published a book in the 70s called the "Secret Life of Plants" that claimed plants respond to human compassion and care through electric pulse. When a human is in trouble or excited, a plant will emit the same pulse.

The experiments were controversial, but they may have been a missed opportunity to make quantum computing a reality. Plants and humans were quantum entangled.

Some of Einstein's and other researcher's theories may finally be put to rights after this week's studies.

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