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Scientists observe Einstein's gravity in the quantum world

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-08-28-scientists-observe-einsteins-gravity-in-the-quantum-world
33•mudil•3d ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfjnTJos_no

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hammock•2d ago
There is a GREAT, accessible video about this experiment here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfjnTJos_no

dang•50m ago
Thanks! We'll put that link in the toptext as well.
shevy-java•46m ago
So do we finally have one unified theory or are we still none the wiser?
swiftcoder•32m ago
From the article: "The result does not unite quantum mechanics and gravity, nor does it show that gravity itself is quantum".

I must say, it's actually quite refreshing to read an article about a science topic that conveys the caveats and limitations of the study. Far too many of these studies get filtered through the news outlet hype-machine

rhdunn•28m ago
The article says that this proves that Einstein's equivalence principle (resulting in relativity) holds in this test of a falling quantum particle (where gravity results in a phase shift in the quantum state).

It doesn't show/prove how general relativity and quantum mechanics interact.

NOTE: The Dirac equation and Quantum Electro Dynamics (QED) unify quantum mechanics and special relativity (non-accelerating frames of reference).

So the remaining piece is either to extend QED/QCD to accelerating frames of reference or to quantize general relativity. That would likely predict the phase shift observed in this experiment.

ck2•19m ago
so many great PBS Space Time on this concept

* https://www.youtube.com/@pbsspacetime/search?query=graviton

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