5-28-96. NYPaper: "Physicists Put Atom In 2 Places At Once." A team of NIST physicists has proved that an entire atom can simultaneously exist in two widely separated places. The achievement not only sheds light on the paradox of Schrodinger's cat but could also have important consequences for cryptography, a science that creates codes to safeguard the electronic transfer of money, state secrets and other valuable things. ONE_two