ALT When thinking of quantum physics, the first things that come to mind are its puzzling phenomena, which are difficult even for many researchers to understand. Behind these phenomena, there is usually one culprit: quantum entanglement. New research by Gilad Gour and Carlo Maria Scandolo from the Faculty of Science’s Department of Physics and Astronomy extends existing knowledge about quantum entanglement to a whole new level. Quantum entanglement can be understood as a very strong form of correlation between two distant microscopic particles, whereby, acting on one, an instantaneous effect is produced on the other. This fact can be harnessed to do many things that are otherwise impossible, such as teleporting a particle from one place to another. Gour and Scandolo went a step further: what if entanglement is present also in the act itself of sending a quantum particle from one place to another, as in quantum teleportation?