{"id":387703,"date":"2021-12-30T22:00:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T19:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/scientists-claim-theyve-quantum-entangled-a-tardigrade\/"},"modified":"2021-12-30T22:00:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T19:00:53","slug":"scientists-claim-theyve-quantum-entangled-a-tardigrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/scientists-claim-theyve-quantum-entangled-a-tardigrade\/","title":{"rendered":"#Scientists claim they&#8217;ve quantum entangled a tardigrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a29440373293\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a29440373293\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/scientists-claim-theyve-quantum-entangled-a-tardigrade\/#Eureka\" >Eureka?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/scientists-claim-theyve-quantum-entangled-a-tardigrade\/#The_nightmare_before_Christmas\" >The nightmare before Christmas<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Scientists claim they&#8217;ve quantum entangled a tardigrade<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image?fit=796%2C417&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2021%2F12%2Fquantumtardigrade.jpg&amp;signature=d7cf9c3271493820a85d85802a818e52\" \/><\/p>\n<div>An international team of researchers are claiming to have performed the first ever experiment successfully \u2018quantum entangling\u2019 a multi-celled organism.<\/p>\n<p>The team, whose research was recently published in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2112.07978.pdf\">a pre-print paper<\/a>, says it\u2019s managed to place a tardigrade \u2013 a tiny critter affectionately known as a \u201cwater bear\u201d \u2013 in a state of quantum entanglement between a pair of superconducting qubits.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.net\/embed\/iframe\/ozs2jfiyea?videoFoam=true&amp;autoPlay=true\" title=\"\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wistia_embed\" name=\"wistia_embed\" allowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In other words: the researchers managed to put a tardigrade in a state where it was directly connected to the qubits in such a way that anything that h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens to the water bear or the qubits would simultaneously affect all three.<\/p>\n<p>This is a fundamental property of quantum computing. But this kind of quantum function usually only occurs with particle-sized objects. Researchers have put single-celled organisms in a state of quantum entanglement before, but this would mark the first time scientists have done so with a complex biological organism.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Eureka\"><\/span>Eureka?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There is, however, some debate as to the significance of the team\u2019s efforts. Per the researchers\u2019\u00a0paper:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We observe coupling between the animal in cryptobiosis and a superconducting quantum bit and prepare a highly entangled state between this combined system and another qubit. The tardigrade itself is shown to be entangled with the remaining subsystems. The animal is then observed to return to its active form after 420 hours at sub 10 mK temperatures and pressure of 6 \u00d7 10\u22126 mbar, setting a new record for the conditions that a complex form of life can survive.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There\u2019s a lot to unpack there, but first and foremost: other physicists are being critical of this work early due to what appears to be a loose definition of \u201centanglement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/tardigrade-quantum-entangled-experiment\">spotted by Live Science\u2019s Brandon Specktor<\/a>, the buzz on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> appears to be entirely skeptical:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The qubit is an electrical circuit and putting the tardigrade next to it affects it through the laws of electromagnetism we&#8217;ve known about for more than 150 years. Putting a speck of dust next to the qubit would have a similar effect.<\/p>\n<p>11\/n<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Brubaker (@benbenbrubaker) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benbenbrubaker\/status\/1472287602871095301?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But, as Specktor also points out, this is all likely to get sorted in peer-review. For now, let\u2019s talk about the experiment itself.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_nightmare_before_Christmas\"><\/span>The nightmare before Christmas<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Tardigrades are among the most resilient creatures we know of. They can enter a state of suspended animation where they have no observable biological functions in order to survive in extremely hostile environments.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s for this reason the scientists chose to attempt integrating them with quantum bits in a circuit. The idea\u2019s pretty basic. You freeze the tardigrades to the point that they\u2019re next to absolute zero, and then you can put them in a state of entanglement just like any other super-cold particle.<\/p>\n<p>However, because the tardigrades are living beings, the story\u2019s a bit more visceral than your standard \u201cwe entangled several photons\u201d variety of experiment.<\/p>\n<p>According to team\u2019s paper, these particular tardigrades were \u201ccollected in February 2018 from a roof gutter in Niva, Denmark.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, to sum up, a group of humans in white coats kidnapped a bunch of cute little water bears, who were already living in a literal gutter, and then exposed them to the coldest temperatures a tardigrade\u2019s ever experienced before forcing them into a three-way entanglement with superconducting qubits.<\/p>\n<p>The team was able to revive one of the tardigrades that were successfully involved in what they\u2019re calling entanglement. But, as for the others, the researchers wrote \u201cwe wish to point out that it is very important for the revival of the animal to change the external temperature and pressure gently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rest in power little <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> bears, we\u2019ll never forget you.<\/p>\n<p><em>Further reading: Physicists might have created quantum entanglement in bacteria<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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The team, whose research was recently published in a pre-print paper, says it\u2019s managed to place a tardigrade \u2013 a tiny critter affectionately known as a \u201cwater bear\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":387704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image\/neural?filter_last=1&fit=1280,640&url=https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/12\/quantumtardigrade.jpg&signature=dfd8d4aa1af8a21af4735be26022bb14","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-387703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}