Scientists Use Quantum , Computing to Simulate , Wormhole Dynamics. Science Alert reports that scientists have successfully created a quantum computing experiment designed to study the dynamics of wormholes. The researchers are searching for shortcuts through spacetime that could help dodge relativity's cosmic speed limit. We found a quantum system that exhibits key properties of a gravitational wormhole, yet is sufficiently small to implement on today's quantum hardware, Maria Spiropulu, Caltech physicist, via Science Alert. Science Alert points out that the team's work is still just a simulation, and physicists still don't know the conditions that could create a traversable wormhole. The main goal of the research was to work out a concept known as quantum gravity, which aims to unify the theories of quantum mechanics with general relativity. According to Science Alert, one of the main questions is whether wormhole teleportation works on the same principles that explain quantum entanglement. The team's simulation, based on a theoretical framework known as the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model, or SYK, applies the physics of quantum entanglement to wormhole dynamics. . The simulation runs on Google's Sycamore quantum processing chip with assistance from conventional machine-learning tools. . The relationship between quantum entanglement, spacetime, and quantum gravity is one of the most important questions in fundamental physics and an active area of theoretical research, Maria Spiropulu, Caltech physicist, via Science Alert
