The vacuum is not as empty as it may seem
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According to a group of researchers, we may apparently be able to derive the quantum property of entanglement from empty space. If their proposal can be realized, it has the potential to reveal new information about the fundamental quantum nature of the vacuum.
According to quantum physics, what we consider to be empty space is not actually empty. Instead, an almost imperceptible flicker of the quantum field is always present. At large quantities, these fluctuations of the quantum field cancel each other out…
