Experiment Proves Einstein Wrong

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NIST physicist Krister Shalm with the photon source used in the "Bell test" that strongly supported a key prediction of quantum mechanics: There are in fact "spooky actions at a distance." Burrus/NIST

Scientists at the National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST) have proven beyond reasonable doubt that Einstein was wrong about one of the main principles of quantum mechanics and that "spooky action at a distance" is actually real.