# Ships Run Aground When GPS Lies. Levitated Particles Might Help.

- slug: ships-run-aground-when-gps-lies-levitated-particles-might-help
- date: 2026-04-01
- category: Space & Aerospace

A container ship ran aground in the Red Sea in May 2025 after GPS interference placed it hundreds of miles away in the Sahara. A phonon laser paper in Nature Communications (DOI 10.1038/s41467-026-70564-3) narrows the path to a GPS-independent quantum compass.

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