Recipe Substitution

If you have no cat, use a virus instead. probably not said by Erwin Schrödinger

Schrödinger’s virus

Schrödinger’s intention was to illuminate the paradoxes of the quantum world. But superposition (the existence of a thing in two or more quantum states simultaneously) is real and is, for example, the basis of quantum computing. A pair of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics in Garching, Germany, now propose to do what Schrödinger could not, and put a living organism into a state of quantum superposition.

Note that they are not attempting to put the virus in an alive/dead superposition.

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Two physics-y blogs that have set up links are Cosmic Variance and Uncertain Principles

Last year Chad collected more than a monkeydance worth of donations, and he is once again offering various kickbacks for donations exceeding a certain threshold. Cosmic Variance will put your name in lights, if the coin is big enough.

If any other physics blogger has their chapeau in the torus, let me know and I’ll add the link, or you can do so in the comments.