Word: metering
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...ultra-fast laser pulse triggers the atoms to emit photons simultaneously. If the photons interact in just the right way, their parent atoms enter a quantum state known as entanglement, in which atom B adopts the properties of atom A even though they're in separate chambers a meter apart. When A is measured, the information that had been previously encoded on it disappears in accordance with the quirky rules of the quantum world. But all is not lost: because B is entangled with A, B now contains the information that was once carried on A. That information...
...final exams is always pretty tricky, so it’s good to see we’re all ramped up for this indoor series.” Freshman John Dingus provided the highlight of the weekend’s events with his 48.37 finish in the 400-meter dash at BU, earning a new school record for the indoor event and a fourth-place finish on the day. Kobie Fuller ’02 held the previous record at 48.38, which he set in his senior year. “[John has] really been a pleasant surprise...
...Crimson team who shone against Brown. Harvard registered many standout performances on the day, capturing ten of the meet’s events. Sophomore Zac Ranta continued his spree of domination, claiming both of the meet’s diving events. Ranta placed first in the 1-meter dive with a score of 316.5 points, as well as winning the 3-meter dive with 312.23 points. Harvard also began the meet with a bang, emerging victorious in the first six swimming events. The 200-yard medley relay team of freshman Rob Newell, junior Simone Melillo, senior Bill Jones...
...been consistently contributing, and it’s really great to see them coming into their own in the last month of the season.”The Harvard divers had a solid meet, highlighted by sophomore Marissa Ash’s performance. Ash placed first in the 1-meter event with 250.36 points, her first-ever collegiate dual-meet victory, and was runner-up at the 3-meter height.Freshman Leslie Rea won the 3-meter competition with 258.45 points, and sophomore Jenny Reese was second in the 1-meter.“The divers have really stepped...
...tunnels are usually about 80 ft. deep, and the longest ones run for more than a mile before popping open in the basement of a smuggler's house on the Egyptian side. A team of diggers is paid $100 for each meter and can clear away 10 meters in a hard day's work. "It's crazy down there," says Aymad. "Many times, when we're digging, we'll run into another tunnel." Aymad once brought his 2-year-old boy into the tunnel, he says, "so he can see what his father is forced to do for a living...