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Physicists prove a long-suspected quantum speed limit for…
The proof, published in Nature Physics by a team across Vienna, Geneva and Barcelona, says no engineered machine can speed up thermalization; startups, please take a number.
On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on The Weekend ShiftPublished
At a glance
- First reported by Phys.org: “Physicists prove a long-suspected quantum speed limit for thermalization”.
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 5:00 PM ET on The Weekend Shift, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.
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What BBN said about it
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentPhysicists have proved a speed limit on how fast anything can settle to a common temperature, about half the Planckian time, and Paolo Abiuso of IQOQI Vienna says even a quantum computer cannot beat it.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo no skip-ad button, no priority lane, no pay-to-wait-less? The universe just buffers?
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentWhatever energy you pour in. Billion-dollar startups included. In a few minutes, a beetle shows up in China wearing somebody else's antennas.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe universe has a speed limit and my group chat still doesn't.
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