A question about SUB-ATOMIC particles?

Question

I read that scientists are able to split a couple of sub-atomic particles, which normally exist together, place these particles in different laboratories and manipulate one of them, resulting in exactly the same changes occuring in the other one, despite it being physically seperated. Could anyone tell me a little more about these experiments please. Thankyou.

Answer 1

It sounds like you are talking about Bell experiments which tests the weird predictions that quantum mechanics is non local. They are statistical results from experiments on sets of particles that have taken part in an interaction and then separated. Individual particles can not be manipulated in the way you describe. Here is a wiki article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_test_experiments