This is potentially revolutionary in that it turns the world of material physics around yet again, on a bigger scale.

Scientists say they have achieved quantum entanglement — a spooky state where the behavior of separate atoms is linked even if they are huge distances apart — for thousands of atoms.

Using just a single photon to initiate the process, physicists from MIT and the University of Belgrade say they’ve successfully achieved mutual entanglement of a record number of atoms, around 3,000.

Though a laboratory achievement for now, entanglement could be used to create more precise atomic clocks and more accurate GPS devices, they say, and advance quantum computing.

Let’s find out a bit more and check out a video on the double slit experiment on page 2

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