I just came across this article and found it pretty interesting. I'm sure the science people here might know more about the actual workings on such a theory/contraption (and whether it is bullshit or not), but it just seemed cool and futuristic to me!
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Remember the name, because you might see it again: Aisha Mustafa, a 19-year-old Egyptian physics student, patented a new type of propulsion system for spacecraft that uses cutting edge quantum physics instead of thrusters.