{
  "id": 12246190,
  "title": "Quantum interactions may have locked early universe's fields into existing energy states",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/quantum-interactions-may-have-locked-early-universes-fields-into",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-05T22:20:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-quantum-interactions-early-universe-fields.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The universe may be trapped in its own comfort zone, and a researcher in the College of Engineering and Computer Science has helped explain why it cannot seem to leave. A new study suggests the universe could be locked into its current state by the same kinds of quantum effects that scientists study when trying to preserve fragile information inside a quantum computer.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}