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Um...OMG.
According to this BBC article, two groups of scientists, working in the US and Austria, have been able to demonstrate actual teleportation at a quantum level between atoms. The findings have been published in the respectable journal Nature - it's the cover story of the latest issue, no less.
What the teams at the University of Innsbruck and the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (Nist) did was teleport qubits from one atom to another with the help of a third auxiliary atom.It relies on a strange behaviour that exists at the atomic scale known as "entanglement", whereby two particles can have related properties even when they are far apart. Einstein called it a "spooky action".
Very early days, but impressive nonetheless.
