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Exploring New Futures in Space: A Revolutionary Integration of Neuroscience, Quantum Physics, and Space Exploration – SETI Institute

February 8, 2024, Mountain View, CA The SETI Institute, leading humanity's quest to understand the origins and prevalence of life and intelligence in the universe and share that knowledge with the world, is pioneering innovative approaches to understanding our place in the cosmos. The SETI Institute is proud to support a groundbreaking project from London-based filmmaker and SETI Institute Designer of Experiences Dr. Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stpanian that combines insights from intergenerational trauma, neuroscience, quantum physics, and space exploration.

Premiering at SXSW 2024, Doppelgngers3 is a feature film and research project that challenges conventional narratives of space colonization by integrating diverse perspectives. Ben Hayoun-Stpanian will present this multidisciplinary endeavor at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2024, highlighting its unique blend of science, culture, and storytelling within the decolonial space and space culture sessions.

The project spotlights the importance of acknowledging collective trauma and its impacts a burgeoning field in neuropsychology research. By weaving together the stories of three individuals across different geographies, Doppelgngers3 imagines a utopian community on the moon that learns from the past and aspires to a future where diversity and plurality are celebrated.

Doppelgngers3 poses critical questions about these visions, urging a reconsideration of space exploration through a lens that values inclusivity, ethical considerations, and transnational thinking.

Dr. Franck Marchis, Senior Astronomer and Director of Unistellar Citizen Science at the SETI Institute, and a scientific advisor to Doppelgngers3, emphasized the project's approach. " It transcends traditional documentaries by blending neuroscience, quantum physics, and space science with a human touch, fostering new dialogues and collaborationswhile adding a sprinkle of fun and humor."

The initiative aims to spark conversations in the space science community and contribute to a joint paper for the International Astronautical Congress (IAC).

The filmmakers hope that Doppelgngers3 will not be just a film but a movement to decolonize the space sector and imagine new futures that honor our shared humanity and diversity. The project, with its world premiere at SXSW 2024 in the Feature Documentary, Vision Category, invites audiences to engage with bold ideas and creative visions that challenge the status quo.

For more information and updates on Doppelgngers3, visit http://www.doppelgangers.space.

Screening dates at SXSW are:

The SETI Institute will be presenting a panel discussion at SXSW on Friday, March 8 at 11:30 am (JW Marriott, Salon ABC):

Finding E.T. Then What? The quest for E.T. accelerates as humanitys technology advances. Powerful tools and global collaboration aim to detect signals from alien civilizations. If we find them, understanding and responding will pose unprecedented challenges. Two ground-breaking scientists will join with an artist who staged a revolutionary piece of global theater called A Sign in Space: creating and transmitting an extraterrestrial message to be decoded and interpreted by SETI professionals and the public. Can we unite the people of Earth to be prepare for a message from the real E.T.?

The conversation will be moderated byDr. Franck Marchisand include SETI AIR artistDaniela DePaulisalong withDr. Shelley WrightandDr. Wael Farah.

Ben Hayoun-Stpanian will also participate in a panel discussion on Friday, March 8 at 4 pm (Austin Convention Center, Room 9C):

Space Feminisms: Reimagining People, Planets, & Power As informed by the upcoming edited volume "Space Feminisms" (Bloomsbury Press), this panel leverages feminism as a powerful mode of analysis to launch alternate narratives and materialities proposing novel historical interpretations and contemporary configurations of outer spaceas informed by the humanities, the social sciences, the arts, and design. Through a dynamic conversation between the book's editors and contributors, we will explore innovative tactics and disruptive participations to envision generative, alternative, and equitable futures in outer space.

About the SETI Institute Founded in 1984, the SETI Institute is a non-profit, multi-disciplinary research and education organization whose mission is to lead humanitys quest to understand the origins and prevalence of life and intelligence in the Universe and to share that knowledge with the world. Our research encompasses the physical and biological sciences and leverages expertise in data analytics, machine learning and advanced signal detection technologies. The SETI Institute is a distinguished research partner for industry, academia and government agencies, including NASA and NSF.

Contact information Rebecca McDonald Director of Communications SETI Institute rmcdonald@seti.org

Doppelgngers3 was made with the support of the BFI Doc Society Fund, awarding National Lottery fundingA Grant for This Film Was Generously Provided by the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program with support from Sandbox FilmsDoppelgngers3 has been presented at CPH:FORUM of CPH:DOX Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival 2020Red Moon Mission in Astroland was supported via a Karman Project Foundation Grant in support of Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stpanian's Karman Fellowship Scientific support was provided by the SETI Institute (The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute), NASA SSERVI (Solar System Exploration Research Institute), Astroland Interplanetary Agency, and The Committee for the Cultural Utilisation of Space (ITACCUS) at the International Astronautical Federation.

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‘Quantum Poetics’ marries quantum physics and poetry Old Gold & Black – Old Gold & Black

Amy Catanzano is an associate professor of English in creative writing and the poet-in-residence at Wake Forest. On Wednesday, Jan. 31, she streamed her talk titled Quantum Poetics: On Physics and Poetry, which emerged from her upcoming book, The Imaginary Present: Essays in Quantum Poetics. She then answered questions during a live, virtual Q&A session.

Catanzanos work, which she broadly refers to as quantum poetics, combines quantum physics the study of matter at the sub-atomic level with poetry to produce a variety of writing from poetry to essay to memoir. She is particularly interested in the potential that theoretical physics creates for new modes of artistic expression.

While Catanzano is primarily a writer and professor of creative writing, she has dedicated much of her life to studying and researching physics. Such scientific inquiry has led her to collaborate with renowned scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland, the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile and the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics in New York. She is especially excited by the cutting-edge fields of quantum computing, high-energy particle physics and astrophysics.

The talk began with a meditation on time, which did well to set the stage for what was to follow. Catanzano declared that one doesnt need to be a poet or a scientist to get the sense that time is not what it appears to be, but that poetry and physics are quite alike in their ability to challenge normative temporality. While breakthroughs in physics like Albert Einsteins theory of relativity have effectively demonstrated the subjectivity of time, a poem can make a reader feel that instability.

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Ordinary conceptions of time must be revised in order to account for the discoveries that scientists about the universe have made, Catanzano said. Poetry is an effective tool for such revision.

Physics and poetry are often understood as disparate fields on polar ends of the sciences-humanities spectrum, but Catanzanos work illustrates the complementary nature of the two. She spoke about how she has come to understand physics as a philosophical and cultural discourse one that is constantly reinventing and challenging itself.

One doesnt need to be a poet or a scientist to get the sense that time is not what it appears to be.

Amy Catanzano

Quantum poetics [posits] that quantum theory is encoded in and by artistic practice, she said.

The influence goes both ways.

Quantum poetics is rooted in a rich tradition of artists responding to scientific paradigm shifts around them. Yet Catanzano believes that quantum poetics departs from some of the conventions of this tradition by heading off the grid altogether. Quantum poetics does not simply allude to scientific research; the two are completely intertwined. One such instance is Catanzanos poem World Lines, a quantum supercomputer poem.

World Lines contains lines of poetry that criss-cross over top of one another. At these intersections, the lines share a word where ordinarily a quantum knot would be produced in a topological quantum computer. The reader can read the poem in a linear or choose a branch of poetry to follow when they get to a shared word.

Catanzano knew that there were multiple poems within the poem existing in a state of quantum superposition but she did not know how many. That was until she collaborated with Michael Taylor, a computer scientist who created an AI that, thus far, has found over a thousand distinct poems within World Lines.

One might wonder what poetry can do for a robust field like physics how can poems impact a scientific discipline built on real-world experiments and mathematical proofs? According to Catanzano, poetry is especially poised to respond to a question that science on its own has been unable to answer. That question is: what does quantum physics mean?

Poetry, with its endless freedom, gives us the necessary outlet to grapple with the ramifications of quantum physics as well as imagine the new doors it can open for us. Via poetry, written and spoken words take on the role of physical manifestations of possibility in potentia, the imagination made material.

After the talk concluded, Catanzano pivoted to answering live questions from the comments section of the video. The audiences reception was ecstatically positive as dozens of questions poured in not due to confusion but curiosity. Quantum physics and avante-garde poetry are liable to be inaccessible to the general public, but Catanzanos talk was easy to follow without sacrificing much of its complexity and nuance.

If the questions directed toward Catanzano after her talk can confirm anything, it is that many viewers walked away having learned a great deal, but still they were hungry to discover even more.

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Marvel moviegoers come for the action and stay for the science – Argonne National Laboratory

Disneys The Marvels are some of the latest comic book heroes blasting across movie screens and streaming channels with high-flying sci-fi feats to save the world. In the film, three heroes with the power of manipulating light find themselves quantum-entangled and then must face off against a threat from beyond the stars.

But real-life heroes much closer to home are using the power of science to make our world safer, cleaner and brighter. At the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national labs, our researchers manipulate light to learn more about nature, harness quantum phenomena such as entanglement and explore the secrets of the cosmos.

Recently, moviegoers got the chance to explore the science behind The Marvels by joining experts from DOEs Argonne National Laboratory and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory for a screening and panel discussion. The panel included cosmologist Ana Botti of Fermilab, physicist and X-ray scientist Jessica McChesney of Argonne, and physicist and beamline controls specialist Fanny Rodolakis of Argonne. Additionally, Rebecca Thompson, head of Fermilabs Office of Education and Public Engagement, moderated the panel.

its the perfect entry point to show them the things that are possible when we move beyond sci-fi into all of the amazing things that are actually happening in our national labs. Rebecca Thompson, head of Fermilabs Office of Education and Public Engagement

Audience members young and old got in on the fun, asking questions about whether space-time rips were hexagonal, as depicted in the movie, how parallel universes worked, and whether quantum entanglement could lead to teleportation.

One audience member asked the panel, What did the movie get right? McChesney responded, I dont watch Marvel movies to see what they get right. I watch them to have fun. But I like that they use real science as a basis for the more fantastic elements of the story because its interesting to see where they take the theories.

The Marvels riffs on real research and theoretical concepts in areas such as quantum physics, wormholes and the nature of space-time. Rodolakis agreed with McChesney that with sci-fi, getting it right isnt always the point. She and Botti pointed out several situations in the movie that could be possible with future scientific discoveries or big leaps in technology. The panelists said they enjoyed the creative jumps the filmmakers made.

According to what we know or theorize now, Rodolakis said, its not necessarily right, but its not implausible.

Thompson moderated the panel and loves harnessing the power of pop culture to get people excited about science.

For people to really understand science, they have to have a personal connection to it, she said. People already have that connection to Marvel. They already love it, so its the perfect entry point to show them the things that are possible when we move beyond sci-fi into all of the amazing things that are actually happening in our national labs.

Want to learn more about Argonnes Marvels of Science? Argonne created six comic book covers highlighting some of the amazing researchers turning science fiction into science fact.

Fanny Rodolakis

The Controller

X-ray Science division

Marvel superheroes often have powers, and just as often, they use complex machines to fight evil. From Iron Mans suit to the S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier, technology is a vital element of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Likewise, large-scale science relies on large-scale machines. Fanny Rodolakis is a mastermind of technology who works in beamline controls at the Advanced Photon Source (APS), a DOE Office of Science user facility at Argonne. Her superpower? A capability to communicate with machines, orchestrating their intricate systems to keep the very bright light shining at the beamlines. Scientists use that light to create new materials for roads and bridges, uncover new treatments and vaccines for infectious diseases, and design the next generation of batteries and solar cells. Fannys synergy with these behemoth machines is pivotal to scientific advancement. Her dialogue with the machines ensures that the wheel of progress keeps turning.

Leighanne Gallington

The X-ray Visionary

X-ray Science division

The three heroes of The Marvels Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel and Monica Rambeau, who goes by Photon in the comics all use their powers to manipulate light. Leighanne Gallington is an assistant physicist at Argonnes APS, a powerful X-ray light source. Leighanne manipulates the super-bright light of the APS to examine even the smallest changes deep within materials with incredible resolution, probing deep into thick materials to learn what secrets are hidden within. Wherever information lurks, Leighanne will harness the light of the APS to find it. Leighanne will use this information to help build safer bridges, tougher submarines, more durable airplane engines, faster-charging batteries the materials we need to take us to the edge of the universe.

Eva Allen

The Green Energizer

Applied Materials division

Marvel superheroes are constantly trying to improve our world. One of the most effective ways to do that, even if youre not a superhero, is to consider the long-term future of human life on our planet. At Argonne, scientist Eva Allen is building a greener future by developing materials to be used in long-lasting electric vehicle batteries. Using Argonnes APS, she focuses X-ray beams to create high-resolution 3D images of battery-material samples and study how they would work in an energy storage device. She also uses machine learning and high performance computing to simulate the operations of these batteries. Thanks to Eva, we are headed to a cleaner, greener environment for all.

Jodi Canaday

The Forensic Identifier

Strategic Security Sciences

Radiation plays a big part in the origin stories of several Marvel superheroes, from Spider-Man to the Incredible Hulk. In real life, though, radiation is found in nature and in everyday objects, and its something to be managed carefully. Jodi Canaday is a principal threat and forensic scientist at Argonne. She strengthens national security by identifying materials that may be sources of radiation. By analyzing forensic signatures, shes able to identify the materials manufacturer, age and supply chain. Not only that, but she teaches her skills to others, helping build a global workforce of data analysts, engineers, and scientists that are skilled in radiological security and material identification.

Sarah Owens

The Sequencer

Bioscience division

Ms. Marvel, AKA Kamala Khan, is a superfan-turned-superhero. Her mutant genes help her harness the power of the djinn to save the world. In real life, understanding our DNA has helped us unlock secrets of the human body, conquer diseases, understand and protect complex ecosystems, and fend off pandemic-causing viruses. Sarah Owens is one of the people working to unravel the mysteries of DNA. She is the manager of Argonnes Environmental Sample Preparation & Sequencing Facility. Her work and her labs expertise were essential in creating a reliable and scalable system for COVID-19 wastewater monitoring.

Xuedan Ma

The Quantum Materalist

Nanoscience and Technology division

In The Marvels, Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel and Monica Rambeau find themselves entangled with one another, switching places as they use their superpowers. Quantum entanglement is not mere fantasy. In real life, scientists exploit the phenomenon to enable quantum computing, communication and cryptography technologies that are expected to have profound impacts on areas as varied medicine, logistics and finance in the coming decades. Quantum information is encoded in packets called qubits, and at Argonne, scientist Xuedan Ma is creating high-performance materials that host long-lasting qubits. By manipulating materials at the nanoscale, Xuedan is enabling technologies of the future.

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Quantum error correction on a single qubit with no overhead of qubits – EurekAlert

SHERBROOKE, Canada (February 8th, 2024) Nord Quantique, a quantum computing startup with an industry leading approach to error correction, today announced promising results from its latest innovation. Using its hardware efficient approach, Nord Quantique is now the first company in the world to demonstrate quantum error correction to improve qubit coherence lifetime at the individual qubit level. The company has achieved an increase of 14% in the lifetime of a single qubit without using the brute force redundancy of additional physical qubits.

Furthermore, simulations run by the company show not only that these results can be reproduced with additional qubits, but that there is likely to be to significant, further improvement in error correction as the number of qubits increases. This indicates that, at scale, Nord Quantiques quantum computers will function with far fewer resources dedicated to error correction, thereby requiring only hundreds of qubits to deliver fault tolerant quantum computing instead of millions. Thus, making the path to scaling this hardware to levels useful for industrial partners a much shorter one. As a next step, the company plans to unveil results from a multi-qubit system later this year.

There is a consensus in the industry that useful quantum computing cannot be achieved without error correction. Our team at Nord Quantique is very proud to be the first company to extend the lifetime of a logical qubit without a large overhead of physical qubits dedicated to error correction, as most other systems have. After years of diligent work, this demonstration marks the first major milestone on our journey to error-corrected, fault-tolerant quantum computing, said Julien Camirand Lemyre, President and CTO at Nord Quantique. Our model incorporates redundancy into every logical qubit, drastically reducing the number of physical qubits required for error correction once scaled. This positions us well to develop highly efficient and scalable quantum computers, without the need for vast amounts of physical qubits devoted to error correction, and potentially reaching fault-tolerance in a shorter time.

By applying GKP bosonic codes for error correction at the individual qubit level, Nord Quantique has demonstrated the ability to correct both bit-flips and phase-flips, the most common types of errors in quantum computing. This makes error correction much easier to manage, and may require between 1,000 and 10,000 times fewer physical qubits than other computing models to effectively manage errors in the superconducting system and deliver useful results. Furthermore, once at scale, Nord Quantiques system will operate with clock speeds at megahertz frequency, between 100 and 1,000 times faster than some competing systems.

The company believes this three-pronged combination of efficient error correction, fast computational speeds and a clear road to scaling makes its systems ideally suited for problems such as the simulations required in the materials science and pharmaceutical industries, as well as several other sectors which can benefit from advanced calculations using deep circuits and complex algorithms. Moreover, through eliminating the need for a vast overhead of physical qubits dedicated to error correction, the company believes it may deliver useful quantum computing sooner by devoting more resources to increasing the number of logical qubits.

These results are produced avoiding the brute force approach to error correction. Rather, by injecting microwave photons into a high-quality superconducting cavity and controlling their state using precise microwave pulses, Nord Quantique has managed to exploit the built-in redundancy this system provides to enable error correction within the qubit itself. This means even at scale, that each of these individual physical qubits could ultimately be operated as logical qubits.

About Nord Quantique

Founded in 2020 in Sherbrooke, Quebec Canadas leading quantum hub, Nord Quantique is committed to overcoming the challenge of quantum error correction, todays principal barrier to fault-tolerant quantum computing. By addressing the most common types of errors on individual qubits, Nord Quantique is poised to deliver industry-leading error correction with high-speed processing. Few errors combined with fast calculation speeds means the company will be able to deliver useful quantum computing sooner, without having to scale to millions of qubits. This more readily enables reliable operation of useful quantum computers with a wide array of industry applications. For additional insight into our pioneering work, please visitnordquantique.ca.

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LankaWeb Can Reincarnation be Explained with Quantum Theory? – Lankaweb

Recently Dr Mahinda Pathirana of the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, made an attempt to explain reincarnation via quantum mechanics. He uses the Buddhist teachings, Milinda / Nagasena debate and some of the ideas of the 2nd Century Buddhist Philosopher Nagarjuna. He is bringing Quantum entanglement to explain the method of transferring consciousness and how the birth of a consciousness in another body.

A complex and philosophical question is why we are born into a particular body and life. Is it something random? or predetermined?According to the current understanding of quantum mechanics things happening in the universe are probabilistic rather than deterministic.We know that Brownian motion isa random motion. Is it possible for the universe to be deterministic at certain levels?RememberAlbert Einstein stated, God does not play dice.Therefore, some people say nothing is random in the real world.

Those who agree with reincarnation try to highlight the connections between reincarnation and quantum mechanics and quantum entanglement. Quantum entanglement explains how two subatomic particles can be intimately linked to each other even if separated by billions of light-years of space. These particles communicate faster than the speed of light. Neuro-experts point outquantum effects in neural processes.Quantum entanglementlinks everything in the Universe.Deepak Chopra says that quantum entanglement links everything in the Universe, and therefore it must create consciousness. But I must say that the scientific community does not regard Deepak Chopra to be a credible scientist and his theories lack empirical evidence and they are not supported by mainstream scientific research. Moreover, Art Hobson Prof of Physics, University of Arkansas specifies that quantum entanglement has nothing directly to do with consciousness.

Despite these skeptical ideas can we say consciousness operates on a quantum level? Some claim that consciousness is a manifestation of quantum processes in the brain. The British molecular biologist Francis Crick and neurophysiologist Christof Koch proposed that consciousness is generated by networks of neurons oscillating in synchrony. Crick and Koch (2005) indicated that the claustrum which is a thin, irregular, sheet-like neuronal grey matter structure that lies beside the insular cortex, may be involved in the processing of consciousness.

Consciousness is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon. However, so far, physicists have explained that quantum entanglement is a physical reality.

Quantum Theory and Consciousness

Consciousness implies awareness: subjective, phenomenal experience of the internal and external worlds. Consciousness creates the physical world moment by moment.Consciousness emerged as a property of complex biological computation during the course of evolution.Some suggest that consciousness is a quantum phenomenon. Connections between neurons alone cannot explain consciousness. Therefore, as an alternative theory some propose the quantum mind or quantum consciousness. Does the human brain use quantum computation? Can quantum theory help us to understand consciousness?

Quantum theory is characterized by the acknowledgment of a fundamental limitation in the classical physical ideas when applied to atomic phenomena.NielsBohrs philosophy of quantum mechanics helps us to understand physical realities. We know that Bohr was inspired by Immanuel Kant. Kant stated that without any consciousness we would make no distinction.For Kant, consciousness results from differentiation.

Bohr believed that the discovery of quantum mechanics could and should inform philosophy about new ways of understanding human knowledge. It would replace causal-space-time description of classical physics in order to preserve objectivity. Einsteins theory is also central to quantum mechanics.

Scientists use string theory to describe the fundamental forces and particles in the universe.Can string theory explain consciousness? String theory highlights that reality is made up of infinitesimal vibrating strings. As string theory describes everything consists of quantum strings. Some experts postulate that the idea of consciousness being directly related to the position and configuration of strings. They think that string theory and consciousness are two sides of the same coin.

Some Neurologists speculate that the functioning of the brain is quantum. Quantum fields have holographic nature (every component already contains all the information of the whole) This indicates the multidimensional nature of reality.

Consciousness is the sensory awareness of the body, the self, and the world.Human consciousness arises from quantum fields. Still, we dont have an accurate picture of quantum dimensions of reality. We cannot focus on consciousness from the perception of the physical senses. Consciousness goes far beyond the limitations of mechanistic materialism.

Having said that, we know thatneurons alone cannot explain consciousness. Can we usequantum mechanics to explain the function of consciousness? Quantum mechanics allows the calculation of properties and behavior of physical systems. Quantum physics suggests that two particles will respond simultaneously to an active agent, regardless of distance.There is a deeper connection between consciousness and quantum mechanics.The mathematics of quantum mechanicsmight show us how consciousness works. We as humans live in a fundamental nondeterministic world. Quantuminteraction remains indeterministic. The universe operates according to deterministic laws of physics such as consciousness. Consciousness belongs to the subatomic world which is fundamentally inscrutable.

Can we conclude that consciousness is based in the brain? Neuropsychologists believe that consciousness may arise from the complex interactions of neural networks in the brain. Conceivably Brain is a quantum processor. Kodukula (2009) theorized that the conscious brain works like a projector.

Here I want to bring an illustration. Most likely you may have seen how Jimi Hendrix played his guitar. Where does that electronic melody come from? Did it come from his Fender Stratocaster guitar itself or from Jimi Hendrixs fingers? That innovative, powerful, and expressive sound came from the combination of his fingers and Fender Stratocaster guitar.Consciousness too comes as a series of combinations.

Hiroomi Umezawa Physicist and Distinguished Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Wisconsin interpreted memory and other conscious phenomena as the result of the energy exchange of energy particles in the cerebral cortical field. Is there a quantum-level substance that can be transmitted between neurons, such as a neurotransmitter, which conveys consciousness-related information? Hameroff and team (2014) proposed thatconsciousness depends on biologically orchestrated coherent quantum processes in collections of microtubules within brain neurons.

Javier Garca-Castro and Prasad Kodukula Siva state that a fundamental property of the entire universe and that conscious experience emerges by transformation from mind (jeeton) to matter (graviton).Graviton is a postulated quantum that is thought to be the carrier of the gravitational fieldandjeetonis a quantum particle. Kodukula (2019) hypothesized that theinteraction between jeeton and graviton gives rise to consciousness. This model emphasizes that mind is a consequence of jeeton and the matter is a consequence of graviton. Their entanglement gives rise to consciousness.However, its important to mention that jeeton / graviton theory is a hypothesis and still there is no empirical evidence to prove this fact.

The Concept of Reincarnation and Quantum Physics

The concept of reincarnation cannot be explained through classical Newtonian physics. There is no empirical evidence to prove reincarnationusing mathematics or cell biology. However, some experts useQuantum physics to explain the reincarnation process.

Can we use quantum physics to explain metaphysical theories of reincarnation?Quantum physics, as a branch of science, primarily deals with the behavior of matter and energy at the smallest scales.We all agree that Quantum physics opens a totally new world view and provides a new understanding of spiritual philosophy. Quantum physics gives a new cosmovision. Newtonian physics was deterministic and Quantum science is probabilistic. Quantum science is holistic, acknowledging a multi-dimensional universe. Through Newtonian physics we can understand the objective world scientifically through the senses. But Quantum physics can explain things beyond our sensors.

According to quantum theory energy is not continuous but comes in discrete units and the elementary particles behave both like particles and like waves. Quantum physics has evidenced that one particle can be in more than one place at the same time. Subatomic particles communicate instantaneously and travel faster than the speed of light. At the subatomic level, matter does not exist with certainty in definite places. Sometimes a particle acts like a particle, sometimes like a wave. Therefore, the quantum world evolves beyond the common parameters of the space-time characteristic of the macroscopic realm.

Can consciousness exist without or beyond the human brain? Can consciousness open to other dimensions? Human consciousness has multidimensional, holistic and holographic properties. Some physicists conclude that consciousness is primary and the creative basis for the material world. The entire humankind may be living in a universe of consciousness.Consciousness is a great part of the cosmic ocean. consciousness cannot be reduced to matter.Can we detect transmigration of consciousness using quantum physics? Perhaps reincarnation resides quantum definition of physical reality? Those who agree with reincarnation suggest that quantum memory remains after biological death and it transmigrate to another plains as a special type of consciousness and continues, through to another incarnation. This is universal interconnectedness. May be reincarnation is a quantum reality.

Can consciousness move to another reality after death?Jerzy Zbigniew Achimowicz of the Warsaw Medical Academy state that when a human being dies, the seat of mind, generates a quantum solitary electromagnetic wave packetand then reincarnation may happen if given seat of mind (consciousness) finds a brain of a newborn with similar genotype.(consciousnessattaches to a new brain?)

Reincarnation Explained in the Buddhist Doctrine

As described by hnissaro Bhikkhu who is an American Buddhist monk and author, rebirth has always been a central teaching in the Buddhist tradition. The Buddha did not believe in a transmigration of soul and replaced the soul by the theory of mind-continuum (Thupten Tenzlng Karma and Rebirth in Buddhism). There is a causal link between a subtle form of consciousness present at the time of death and the first moment of consciousness in the next life (Finnigan, 2023).

According to Buddhist doctrine a thought moment occurs when a person dies. It is the mind set during death in the current existence and then grasping the next life. A dying person has exit consciousness. This consciousness is a form of transitory energy. Exit consciousness transforms into another level of consciousness and it can enter another womb when a matching one becomes available. Hence rebirth occurs. Three conditions are essential for conception: the union of mother and father, the mother in season, and the presence of a transformed level of exitconsciousness.

The Buddhist concept denies the existence of an eternal soul. Instead of an eternal soul, they believe in transforming consciousness which is not static. These processes are governed by the Karmic force or karmic retribution. Here the analogy is the flame of a dying candle can serve to light the flame of another. A flame is transferred from one candle to another. Hence consciousness is a continuous birth and death of mind-states. It is linking an individual to past and future existences. The person who dies here and is reborn elsewhere is neither the same person, nor another.

Milinda was the King of the Indo-Greek Kingdom who probably reigned from about 155 to 130 BCE. King Milinda had a debate with Bhikkhu Nagasena about rebirth.

In the Milinda / Nagasena debate the king asked:

When someone is reborn, Venerable Nagasena, is he the same as the one who just died or is he another?

Ven Nagasena replied: He is neither the same nor another.

Give me an illustration!

Milk, once the milking is done, turns after sometimes into curds; from curds it turns into fresh butter; and from fresh butter into ghee. Would it now be correct to say that the milk is the same thing as the curds, or the fresh butter, or the ghee?

No, it would not. But they have been produced because of it.

All Buddhist schools agree that there is no enduring, substantial, or independently existing entity that continues from life to life. Instead, there is simply an apparent continuity of momentary consciousness from one lifetime to the next that is imbued with the impressions or traces of the actions one has done in the past. One moment gives rise to the next, in a continuity of causally connected conscious events, but nothing solid or substantial continues from one existence to the next. (Lekshe Tsomo University of San Diego).

Ven Buddhaghosa a 5th-century Indian Theravada Buddhist monk states that conception occurs immediately after death, that is, the continuity of consciousness enters a new state of existence without any interval in-between.

If we think consciousness is simply energy and it cannot be destroyed and it transforms. Can we say in Buddhist teaching rebirth occurs due to the transmigration of consciousness? A living being starts a new life in a different physical body form after each biological death.

The Buddhist notion of the mental continuum of an individual is difficult to explain via neuropsychology. I communicated with several world-renowned Psychologists and Psychiatrists. I spoke with Professor Judith Hermanof Harvard University, Professor Mary Seeman of University of Toronto, and Professor Philip Zimbardo of Stanford University. Many of these intellectuals expressed their doubt about the said process. Professor Zimbardo was explicit and stated, This process is Not possible in reality It can only be a religious belief with no scientific evidence. However, Professor Daya Somasundaram- a seniorprofessorof psychiatry at theFacultyof Medicine, University of Jaffna expressed his thoughts thus.

I feel that these beliefs and descriptions are metaphysical or subtle phenomena which are beyond current neuropsychological knowledge or theories. Most scientific and neuropsychological knowledge or speculations tend to confine themselves to very basic and objective, materialistic phenomena as the hard facts of life. They even have problems with admitting subjective phenomena such as consciousness. They would consider the Buddhist descriptions as mere speculations with no objective evidence. But some psychologists and others do go beyond the hard or materialistic views and frontiers to entertain such beliefs and descriptions.

How Did Consciousness Evolve?

According to Salama, (2008) life began as lipid molecules originating in deep space and fell into the surface of the primordial ocean and then went into numerous changes and transformed into a cell then through the evaluation multicellular beings emerged. Cells have memory and its calledcellular memory. Based on Darwinian evolution, the scientists surmise that consciousness would have occurred initially some 200 million years ago. They think that consciousness was built upon the mammalian neocortex. The core of human consciousness appears to be associated primarily with phylogenetically ancient structures mediating arousal and activated by primitive emotions (Denton et al., 2009).

Living cells constitute a new class of matter. Cells literally construct themselves.Through consciousness we create the physical world. We cannot explain consciousness through mainstream science. Living things are Kantian wholes where the parts exist for and by means of the whole.The link between the lifeworld and the quantum world should already be broadly evident.Quantum mechanics points to the end result of what consciousness does. Is there a quantum mind, resides in the space between quantum events?

Can Consciousness Continue After Death?

Consciousness is the most important function of the organism.According to William James, consciousness is not a static thing but a process. Neuroscientists believe thatconsciousnessis generated by the brain. They highlight that consciousness must be the product of neural activity. Substantial interconnections among the brainstem, subcortical structures, and the neocortex are essential integrating components of human consciousness.

Different levels of consciousness are distinguished: 1. hyperalertness, 2. alertness (normal state of wakefulness), 3. somnolence or lethargy, 4. obtundation with tendency to fall asleep, 5. stupor, 6. coma and its subtypes, like akinetic mutism, apallic syndrome or persistent vegative state, locked-in syndrome, delirium, and catatonia.

Following a coma, some patients may awaken without voluntary interaction or communication with the environment. The patients who are in persistent vegetative state show some degree of consciousnessa condition called minimally conscious state. Usingneuroimaging techniques Neurologists are able to measure the fading consciousness in the human brain.

Is there an irreversible loss of consciousness? There may be consciousness in the dying brain. The brain is assumed to be hypoactive during cardiac arrest. Gang Xuand teamanalyzedelectroencephalogram and electrocardiogram signals in four comatose dying patients before and after the withdrawal of ventilatory support. Two of the four patients exhibited a rapid and marked surge of gamma power, surge of cross-frequency coupling of gamma waves with slower oscillations and increased interhemispheric functional and directed connectivity in gamma bands.

These data demonstrate that the dying brain can still be active. Some researchers have found a surge in brain activity at the time of death. The question remains; is there a survival of consciousness after death?Dr. Sam Parnia a British associate Professor of Medicine at the NYU Langone Medical Center is of the view that human consciousness does not become annihilated after death. What happens to this consciousness? Does it enter a living fetus?

Dr. Robert Lanza is a scientist and author, and a professor at Wake Forest University coined the phrase biocentrism which is a theory that the consciousness is released into the universe through sub-atomic particles According to this notion consciousness would not necessarily be dependent on a physical brain in order to survive. Therefore, consciousness is more than an abstract concept.

Consciousness in a Human Fetus

The emergence of consciousness or the mind can be regarded as defining human viability.Development of the embryo begins at Stage one when sperm fertilizes an oocyte and together, they form a zygote. The zygote is a large diploid cell that is the beginning, or primordium, of a human being.The fetus may be having a consciousness, and it reacts to pain and other stimulations.

The fetus reacts to nociceptive stimulations through different motor, autonomic, vegetative, hormonal, and metabolic changes relatively early in the gestation period.The fetus may be aware of the body. But the fetus is almost continuously asleep and unconscious partially due to endogenous sedation.

The newborn infant can be awake, exhibit sensory awareness, and process memorized mental representations. However, Falsaperla and team (2022) state thatneuroanatomical point of view, it is rather unlikely that the infant can be seen as a conscious human before 24weeks of gestational age. (This hypothesis assumes that consciousness is mainly localized in the cortex, consciousness cannot emerge before 24 gestational weeks when the thalamocortical connections from the sense organs are established).

Concluding Thoughts

Is there a mechanism within quantum physics that can be used to validate or explain the notion of reincarnation?Quantum physicsindicates the possibility of higher-dimensional spacetimes. The quantum effects are evident in photosynthesis and during the process remarkable efficiency of energy is transferred.

Dr. Maher Abdelsamie proposed 5 dimension aka Meta-Dimension which is believed to mediate the entanglement between quantum particles regardless of their physical separation in the conventional three-dimensional space. Using Meta-Dimension, we can explain the nature of consciousness. The mind set during death or in other words exit consciousness can be redefined as a complex network of entangled quantum states. Can the exit consciousness remain after death and go to another realm?

However,reincarnation is a metaphysical concept. It falls outside the scope of quantum physics and mainstream science.There is currently no scientific evidence to support the idea that quantum mechanics can explain reincarnation.

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Beyond the Visible Universe: New Research Reveals How Gravity Influences the Quantum Realm – SciTechDaily

Nuclear physicists have discovered gravitys profound influence on the quantum scale, revealing the strong forces distribution within protons for the first time. This groundbreaking research, combining historical theoretical insights with modern experimental data, offers unprecedented understanding of the protons internal dynamics and sets the stage for future discoveries in nuclear science.

Gravitys influence is unmistakably evident throughout the observable universe. Its effects are observed in the synchronized orbits of moons around planets, in comets that deviate from their paths due to the gravitational pull of large stars, and in the majestic spirals of enormous galaxies. These magnificent phenomena highlight the role of gravity on the grandest scales of matter. Meanwhile, nuclear physicists are uncovering the significant contributions of gravity at the very smallest scales of matter.

New research conducted by nuclear physicists at the U.S. Department of Energys Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is using a method that connects theories of gravitation to interactions among the smallest particles of matter to reveal new details at this smaller scale. The research has now revealed, for the first time, a snapshot of the distribution of the strong force inside the proton. This snapshot details the shear stress the force may exert on the quark particles that make up the proton. The result was recently published in Reviews of Modern Physics.

According to the lead author on the study, Jefferson Lab Principal Staff Scientist Volker Burkert, the measurement reveals insight into the environment experienced by the protons building blocks. Protons are built of three quarks that are bound together by the strong force.

At its peak, this is more than a four-ton force that one would have to apply to a quark to pull it out of the proton, Burkert explained. Nature, of course, does not allow us to separate just one quark from the proton because of a property of quarks called color. There are three colors that mix quarks in the proton to make it appear colorless from the outside, a requirement for its existence in space. Trying to pull a colored quark out of the proton will produce a colorless quark/anti-quark pair, a meson, using the energy you put in to attempt to separate the quark, leaving a colorless proton (or neutron) behind. So, the 4-tons is an illustration of the strength of the force that is intrinsic in the proton.

The result is only the second of the protons mechanical properties to be measured. The protons mechanical properties include its internal pressure (measured in 2018), its mass distribution (physical size), its angular momentum, and its shear stress (shown here). The result was made possible by a half-century-old prediction and two-decade-old data.

In the mid-1960s, it was theorized that if nuclear physicists could see how gravity interacts with subatomic particles, such as the proton, such experiments could reveal the protons mechanical properties directly.

But at that time, there was no way. If you compare gravity with the electromagnetic force, for instance, there is 39 orders of magnitude of difference So its completely hopeless, right? explained Latifa Elouadhriri, a Jefferson Lab staff scientist and co-author on the study.

The decades-old data came from experiments conducted with Jefferson Labs Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF), a DOE Office of Science user facility. A typical CEBAF experiment would entail an energetic electron interacting with another particle by exchanging a packet of energy and a unit of angular momentum called a virtual photon with the particle. The energy of the electron dictates which particles it interacts with in this way and how they respond.

In the experiment, a force even much greater than the four tons needed to pull out a quark/antiquark pair was applied to the proton by the highly energetic electron beam interacting with the proton in a target of liquified hydrogen gas.

We developed the program to study deeply virtual Compton scattering. This is where you have an electron exchanging a virtual photon with the proton. And at the final state, the proton remained the same but recoiled, and you have one real very highly energetic photon produced, plus the scattered electron, said Elouadhriri. At the time we took the data, we were not aware that beyond the 3-dimensional imaging we intended with this data, we were also collecting the data needed for accessing the mechanical properties of the proton.

It turns out that this specific process deeply virtual Compton scattering (DVCS) could be connected to how gravity interacts with matter. The general version of this connection was stated in the 1973 textbook on Einsteins general theory of relativity titled Gravitation by Charles W. Misner, Kip S. Thorne, and John Archibald Wheeler.

In it, they wrote, Any mass-less spin-2 field would give rise to a force indistinguishable from gravitation, because a mass-less spin-2 field would couple to the stressenergy tensor in the same way that gravitational interactions do.

Three decades later, theorist Maxim Polyakov followed up on this idea by establishing the theoretical foundation that connects the DVCS process and gravitational interaction.

This breakthrough in theory established the relationship between the measurement of deeply virtual Compton scattering to the gravitational form factor. And we were able to use that for the first time and extract the pressure that we did in the Nature paper in 2018, and now the normal force and the shear force, Burkert explained.

A more detailed description of the connections between the DVCS process and the gravitational interaction can be found in this article describing the first result obtained from this research.

The researchers say their next step is to work on extracting the information they need from the existing DVCS data to enable the first determination of the protons mechanical size. They also hope to take advantage of newer, higher-statistics, and higher-energy experiments that are continuing the DVCS research in the proton.

In the meantime, the study co-authors have been amazed at the plethora of new theoretical efforts, detailed in hundreds of theoretical publications, that have begun to exploit this newly discovered avenue for exploring the mechanical properties of the proton.

And also, now that we are in this new era of discovery with the 2023 Long Range Plan of Nuclear Science released recently. This will be a major pillar of the direction of science with new facilities and new detector developments. Were looking forward to seeing more of what can be done, Burkert said.

Elouadhriri agrees.

And in my view, this is just the beginning of something much bigger to come. It has already changed the way we think about the structure of the proton, she said.

Now, we can express the structure of subnuclear particles in terms of forces, pressure, and physical sizes that also non-physicists can relate to, added Burkert.

Reference: Colloquium: Gravitational form factors of the proton by V. D. Burkert, L. Elouadrhiri, F. X. Girod, C. Lorc, P. Schweitzer and P. E. Shanahan, 22 December 2023, Reviews of Modern Physics. DOI: 10.1103/RevModPhys.95.041002

The study was funded by the US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Carl G. and Shirley Sontheimer Research Fund.

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Pushing the Boundaries of Traditional Physics: Scientists Discover New Hall Effect – SciTechDaily

By University of Tsukuba February 5, 2024

Researchers have discovered an anisotropic anomalous Hall effect in a spinel oxide thin film, a phenomenon that varies with current direction and is explained by a new model incorporating a magnetic toroidal quadrupole structure, aligning with Onsagers theorem.

The Hall effect or anomalous Hall effect occurs when electric current flows through a conductor or magnet in a magnetic field, generating voltage perpendicular to the electric and magnetic field directions. Onsagers reciprocal theorem, a fundamental theorem in materials science, states that the deflection direction of electrons remains constant, irrespective of the currents direction in the plane perpendicular to the magnetic field or magnetization.

A phenomenon contradicting this theorem has not been discovered until now. In this study, for the first time, researchers have observed an anisotropic anomalous Hall effect in a spinel oxide NiCo2O4 thin film with conical magnetic anisotropy; this characteristic depends on the currents direction.

To understand this phenomenon, researchers considered the symmetry of the experimentally observed anisotropic anomalous Hall effect from a phenomenological perspective. The findings indicated the involvement of a magnetic structure termed a clustered magnetic toroidal quadrupole.

Consequently, they proposed a physical model that explained the anisotropic anomalous Hall effect without violating Onsagers reciprocal theorem. This model successfully accounts for the coexistence of the magnetic toroidal quadrupole and ferromagnetism owing to conical magnetic anisotropy.

Reference: Quadrupole anomalous Hall effect in magnetically induced electron nematic state by Hiroki Koizumi, Yuichi Yamasaki and Hideto Yanagihara, 8 December 2023, Nature Communications. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43543-1

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Understanding Time Crystals: A New Frontier in Physics and Quantum Computing – Medriva

Understanding Time Crystals

Time crystals, first theorized by Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek in 2012, have been a topic of intrigue and controversy in the scientific community. Unlike traditional crystals which have a periodic structure in space, time crystals exhibit periodicity in time, defying traditional laws of thermodynamics. They can flip between two configurations indefinitely, without any energy input. Initially, this characteristic was seen as a violation of the laws of physics, but the successful creation of time crystals in laboratories has opened new possibilities for their application, particularly in the realm of quantum computing.

Researchers at Germanys TU Dortmund University have recently made groundbreaking advancements in time crystal research. They have developed an ultra-robust time crystal, made of indium gallium arsenide, which maintained its periodic oscillations for approximately 40 minutes. This is a significant achievement, as it is 10 million times longer than the previous record. The nuclear spins within the crystal store energy, much like a battery, thereby corroborating the phenomenon postulated by Wilczek.

The creation of durable time crystals could potentially revolutionize quantum computing. Quantum computers work on qubits, which are fragile and easily disturbed by their environment. The stability of time crystals could be used to create more robust qubits, giving quantum computers an edge over traditional computing methods. Quantum metrology and quantum information could also benefit from the advent of time crystals.

Time crystals are not just a breakthrough in quantum computing; they could redefine our understanding of non-equilibrium thermodynamics and physics itself. The team of physicists from TU Dortmund University demonstrated the adaptability of the time crystals periodicity by altering experimental conditions. They found that the crystals behavior could range from highly periodic to chaotic. This is the first time that scientists have been able to observe and analyze such transitions in time crystals, marking a significant milestone in the field.

Due to their inherent periodicity, time crystals could also enhance the precision of timekeeping devices. This, coupled with the fact that they can maintain their state for extended periods, could lead to the development of more accurate and efficient timekeeping technologies.

The creation of a durable time crystal that lasts millions of times longer than previous experiments marks a new era in physics and quantum computing. The potential applications of time crystals are vast and exciting, from creating more stable qubits in quantum computers to enhancing the precision of timekeeping devices. As our understanding of time crystals continues to grow, so too will their potential impact on science and technology.

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Dubai RTA and Amazon Web Services do cloud deal – ITS International

The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, signed an agreement with cloud specialist Amazon Web Services (AWS) to support RTA's transition to cloud computing.

The transport agency calls this part of a "qualitative shift towards an advanced digital future", which also includes using artificial intelligence to "enhance innovation and improve the user experience" in Dubai.

A statement from the two also suggests they will exchange knowledge and best practice in areas such as application programming, data solutions, augmented reality, virtual reality and the Internet of Things.

Mohammed Al Mudharreb, CEO of RTA's Corporate Technology Support Services Sector, says: "This agreement aligns with RTA's objective to enhance its leading position and adopt the latest technological innovations."

Wojciech Bajda, director of AWS public sector in the Middle East and Africa, adds: "This cooperation with the RTA in Dubai represents an important step towards enhancing digital transformation in the region."

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How a $10 billion media enterprise significantly increased SaaS security, yielding a 201% ROI – SC Media

The explosive growth of the SaaS market is enabling new heights of enterprise productivity.

As spending on SaaS applications grows by 18% annually, projected by Gartner to hit $232.3 billion in 2024, enterprise operations are being redefined, especially with the sensitive data moving into cloud-based SaaS services.

These trends are challenging CISOs with the need to devise a new security posture strategy.

However, organizations can only protect the data in view. Today, security teams lack visibility into the SaaS stack, which is becoming an expanding attack surface where threat actors are targeting security gaps.

SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) has emerged as the solution that can provide the correct security lens into the SaaS environment to ensure a robust security posture.

This article takes a look at how a $10B revenue enterprise adopted an SSPM solution to regain security control of its SaaS stack and improve its security posture. A Forrester Consulting Total Economic Impact (TEI) study, commissioned by the leader in SaaS Security, Adaptive Shield, found the investment delivered the enterprise 201% ROI in less than 6 months.

Lets zoom into the case study of a $10B annual revenue European-headquartered global media and information services enterprise organization where data security was set as a top priority in response to breaches and highly inefficient workloads and workflows.

Growing SaaS adoption for business-critical applications across the organization was challenging the security team. The company experienced six internal security breaches in one year that were attributed to SaaS app usage.

Since security managers had limited knowledge of each application, typically managed by different owners outside of IT or security teams, this left security teams with limited visibility into the applications security settings. App owners were neither educated nor equipped enough to exercise security, making it impractical for business teams to secure their ecosystem.

The security team was also investing 2400 hours a year in manual processes to implement compliance rules.

The company CSO realized it was time to automate SaaS security efforts, choosing the Adaptive Shield solution considering that it supported the industrys widest portfolio of SaaS integrations.

With the SSPM solution, the company experienced quick improvement in its SaaS security posture. During the Proof of Concept, the security team found issues in SaaS configurations and fixed them.

Before the POC, the companys SaaS security posture was 40%. In the first six months, the organization experienced rapid improvement, with the score reaching 70% by the end of the year.

An immediate benefit was a reduction in data breaches, dropping half in the second year and projected to be one or fewer the third year. An additional benefit was a 90% savings in labor efforts managing the firms compliance goals, with time spent decreasing to 240 hours per year.

As a cloud-first strategy creates a proliferation of SaaS applications, this case study demonstrates how organizations are successfully updating their cybersecurity strategy to continue to fulfill responsibilities to ensure that all data is secure wherever it is stored.

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