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Reality check

It will be a long experimental haul before the great potential of quantum effects can routinely be exploited for technological ends. A sense of practical purpose among researchers will encourage progress.

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  1. QIPC 2007: International Conference on Quantum Information Processing and Communication, 15–19 October 2007, Barcelona, Spain.

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Venema, L. Reality check. Nature 450, 175–176 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/450175a

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