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Scientists Rule Out 60-Year-Old Theory on Quantum Measurement
Original: What Kills Schrödinger’s Cat? Scientists Just Ruled Out a 60-Year-Old Theory
Researchers report that they have ruled out a decades-old theory about what causes quantum systems to lose their superposition, the effect famously illustrated by Schrödinger's cat being both alive and dead. The result narrows explanations for wavefunction collapse and strengthens the case that gravity is not the mechanism behind it. Physicists say the finding matters because it constrains how the quantum world gives way to classical reality.
Why now: A new experiment challenges a long-standing explanation of quantum collapse, a foundational question in physics.
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