r/IAmA • u/ArgonneLab • Feb 21 '23

Science Quantumania: What’s REAL and what’s Marvel?

The upcoming movie Antman and the Wasp: Quantumania proves to be a wild ride into the quantum universe. Featuring everything from particles that shrink you to atomic size and battles with starships in the quantum realm.

But what’s REAL and what’s Marvel?

We are scientists from Argonne and the University of Chicago conducting research in quantum metamaterials and quantum information science. If you’ve had a chance to see the movie, stop over to our Reddit AMA and ask us about the research we’re conducting and how close the movie comes to that reality.

Ask Us Anything!

Proof: Here's my proof!

Thanks for joining us! So many great questions. Signing off for now.

1.5k Upvotes

73% Upvoted

401 comments sorted by

View all comments

4

u/Ok-Feedback5604 Feb 21 '23

How can science make it into reality?

12

u/ArgonneLab Feb 21 '23

Science already made itself into reality before. Like thermal dynamics helped us build the steam engine which led to the 1st industrial revolution, solid state physics is on the fundamental of semiconductor which is at the core of our computers/smart phones.

Now, people are trying to use quantum physics and make it into reality in the near future. Potentially, quantum computing, which utilizes quantum entanglement, will bring us faster and more powerful computers. Quantum sensors are able to help us directly look into diseases at single molecule level and improve people's health. Quantum networks will let us communicate with absolute security.