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Strange quantum experiment shows “negative time” is more than an illusion
ScienceDailyTuesday, August 4, 2026 at 11:44 AM
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Photons traveling through a cloud of atoms can emerge so early that they appear to have spent a negative amount of time inside. Researchers tested whether this was merely a misleading feature of the light pulse by making extremely weak measurements of the atoms.
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- Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product. Photons traveling through a cloud of atoms can emerge so early that they appear to have spent a negative amount of time inside. Researchers tested whether this was merely a misleading feature of the light pulse by making extremely weak measurements of the atoms.
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Photons traveling through a cloud of atoms can emerge so early that they appear to have spent a negative amount of time inside. Researchers tested whether this was merely a misleading feature of the light pulse by making extremely weak measurements of the atoms.
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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product.
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