article_snippet: Einstein may have been a genius, but even Einstein could get this wrong sometimes.
article_snippet: In the 1920s and 1930s, Einstein said Einstein couldn't back the strange theory that the measurement of a particle actually affects a particle location.
article_snippet: In the 1920s and 1930s, Einstein (left) said Einstein (left) couldn't back the strange theory that the measurement of a particle actually affects its locationa particle .
article_snippet: Professor Howard Wiseman at Griffiths University, who worked with the University of Tokyo, made measurements to show what Einstein did not believe to be real - namely the non-local collapse of a particle's 'wave function'.
article_snippet: Einstein didn't believe the phenomenon existed because the phenomenon violates the theory of relativity which states that the speed of light is a limit on how fast any information can travel.
article_snippet: According to Live Science, the paradox was resolved years later, when experiments showed that even though the interaction between two quantum particles happens faster than light, it is impossible use it to send information.
article_snippet: Einstein never accepted orthodox quantum mechanics and the original basis of Einstein contention was this single-particle argument,' said Professor Wiseman. '
article_snippet: Einstein's view was that the detection of a single particle only ever at one point could be much better explained by the hypothesis that a single particle is only ever at one point, without invoking the instantaneous collapse of the wave function to nothing at all other points. '
article_snippet: However, rather than simply detecting the presence or absence of a single particle, we used homodyne measurements enabling one party to make different measurements and the other, using quantum tomography, to test the effect of those choices.' 'Through these different measurements, you see the wave function collapse in different ways, thus proving its existence and showing that Einstein was wrong.'
highlights_snippet: Einstein didn't believe this could happen as this violates theory of relativity .