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Scientists Make Time Flow Backward in Quantum Breakthrough

Published on July 3, 2026, 6:48 p.m.
Scientists Make Time Flow Backward in Quantum Breakthrough

Topic: Research News

A team of scientists has found a way to control quantum systems so that their behavior appears consistent with time moving backward. This breakthrough could lead to new ways of harnessing energy from quantum systems and preparing quantum states.

Imagine being able to make time flow backward. Sounds like science fiction, right? But a team of scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory has made a groundbreaking discovery that makes this idea seem possible.

The researchers have developed a new way to control quantum systems so that their behavior appears consistent with time moving backward rather than forward. This is called the

Implications

A team of scientists has found a way to control quantum systems so that their behavior appears consistent with time moving backward. This breakthrough could lead to new ways of harnessing energy from quantum systems and preparing quantum states.


Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260625014802.htm

Journal Reference:

  1. Luis Pedro García-Pintos, Yi-Kai Liu, Alexey V. Gorshkov. Reshaping the Quantum Arrow of Time. Physical Review X, 2026; 16 (1) DOI: 10.1103/l18s-9vmh

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