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University of ����ɫ�� researchers are part of an international team of experts who have taken a major step in testing quantum mechanics by cooling glass beads the size of a blood cell to the coldest temperature in the Universe.

This research, published in the , could help address the long-standing open question in physics - why mysterious quantum effects that govern the behaviour of atoms and molecules are not seen on an everyday scale.

“Quantum mechanics describes the behaviour of exceptionally small objects at very low temperatures. Among the remarkable effects of quantum mechanics is quantum entanglement,” said Professor Kishan Dholakia from the University of ����ɫ�� and the University of St Andrews, who led the team.

“Referred to by Einstein as “spooky action at a distance”, this effect couples the destiny of separated objects: performing a measurement of one object instantaneously tells you the result of the same measurement on the other object, even if it is exceptionally far away.