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We may have found the edge of quantum theory – what’s beyond it?

Researchers have identified the border between quantum physics and some as-yet-unknown post-quantum realm by mathematically analysing all possible measurements of simple quantum systems

By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

26 March 2025

Is there a connection more extreme than quantum entanglement?

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Quantum entanglement can link two objects even when they are separated by extremely large distances. But a new study has found a limit at which such quantum correlations stop – and surprisingly, something even stronger may begin.

“Honestly, we are at the edge of science here,” says Jean-Daniel Bancal at Paris-Saclay University in France.

To verify that two quantum objects are entangled, physicists use what are called Bell tests: they repeatedly measure the system to find out all possible states…

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