Quantum Entanglement

it may sound like an awful sci-fi romance flick, but it's actually a phenomenon that physicists say may someday lead to the ability to teleport an object all the way across the galaxy instantly." (Baughman)

Man I've always wanted to be able to teleport. I'd be at my Family's house, then my wife ain't there to cook. I would just then teleport to my Moms house. I'd be like "Mama whip me up some basgetti, or Lomo Saltado!"

Nevertheless, "In this case objects do not disappear then reappear somewhere else. Rather, it "entangles" two different atoms so that one atom inherits the properties of another.

Entanglement isn't a new idea, some scientists say. They believe Einstein himself had brushed over the idea.

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Mirrors and lenses direct lasers at atoms to catalyze entanglement.

The work is being tested at places like the Joint Quantum Institute at the University of Maryland. Although the problem is that if one is teleported from would side of the room to the other they would have to be destroyed and replicated. So would it not in fact just be like cloning?

This story was reported by NPR's Brent Baughman.