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Published online 19 October 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2007.171
Column: Muse
Swiss elections get spooky
High-profile applications of quantum trickery raise the question of what to call these new technologies. Philip Ball doubts that one proposal will catch on.
Quantum technologies have started to creep into real life. The Swiss general elections this Sunday, for example, are set to use quantum cryptography in the voting.
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