Researchers have achieved a groundbreaking feat in quantum physics: a single photon has been manipulated to exist in 37 simultaneous quantum dimensions. Unlike spatial dimensions, these represent informational states, vastly expanding the capacity for data encoding.

Using GHZ entanglement, the team controlled the photon’s color and phase across all 37 modes. Each mode carries hidden layers of information, enabling unprecedented data density for quantum communication networks and computation.

This breakthrough not only advances technology potentially leading to unhackable networks and super-powerful quantum computers but also challenges our understanding of reality itself, hinting at a multi-layered, programmable quantum universe.