{"id":236144,"date":"2026-04-29T10:05:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/new-results-in-quantum-tunneling-vs-the-speed-of-light"},"modified":"2026-04-29T10:05:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:05:52","slug":"new-results-in-quantum-tunneling-vs-the-speed-of-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/new-results-in-quantum-tunneling-vs-the-speed-of-light","title":{"rendered":"New Results in Quantum Tunneling vs. The Speed of Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iDIcydiQOhc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Learn More about Brilliant: <a href=\"https:\/\/brilliant.org\/SpaceTime\/\">https:\/\/brilliant.org\/SpaceTime\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paradoxically, the most promising prospects for moving matter around faster than light may be to put a metaphorical brick wall in its way. New efforts in quantum tunneling \u2014 both theory and experiment \u2014 show that superluminal motion may be possible, while still managing to avoid the paradox of superluminal signaling. Paradoxically, the most promising prospects for moving matter around faster than light may be to put a metaphorical brick wall in its way. New efforts in quantum tunneling \u2014 both theory and experiment \u2014 show that superluminal motion may be possible, while still managing to avoid the paradox of superluminal signaling.<\/p>\n<p>Sign Up on Patreon to get access to the Space Time Discord!<br \/> \/ pbsspacetime.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the Space Time Merch Store<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbsspacetime.com\/shop\">https:\/\/www.pbsspacetime.com\/shop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for the mailing list to get episode notifications and hear special announcements!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/1a6eb8f2717d\/space\">https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/1a6eb8f2717d\/space<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn More about Brilliant: https:\/\/brilliant.org\/SpaceTime\/ Paradoxically, the most promising prospects for moving matter around faster than light may be to put a metaphorical brick wall in its way. New efforts in quantum tunneling \u2014 both theory and experiment \u2014 show that superluminal motion may be possible, while still managing to avoid the paradox of superluminal [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}