Topologist Predicts New Form of Matter Date: Saturday, December 18, 2010 @ 14:59:39 UTC Topic: Science
Nils Baas at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology says
that the strange, unworldly bonds that allow cesium atoms to stick
together in triplets should allow much more complex objects to form too.
In
fact, he says we’re on the verge of discovering a brand new form of
matter governed by an entirely new branch of physics, based on topology —
a kind of parallel physics, in which the laws governing behavior in
this parallel universe exert an inescapable, ghostly grip on our own
universe.
This new physics may provide a new way to think about
entanglement and how to generate and exploit it. That will have
important implications for cryptography, computing and information
science in general.
Nils Baas at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology says
that the strange, unworldly bonds that allow cesium atoms to stick
together in triplets should allow much more complex objects to form too.