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Published online 3 June 2009 | Nature 459, 625 (2009) | doi:10.1038/459625a
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Spooky research cuts
US intelligence agency axes funding for work on quantum computing.
Two leading researchers in quantum computing have had their funds cut off by a US intelligence-research agency in what seems to be an administrative technicality. The controversy has underscored some scientists' fears that the field in the United States is too dependent on the spy world for funding.
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