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Putting it into practice

Will quantum information theory ever lead to practical quantum information technologies? At a conference reviewing the advances of the past two years, delegates looked to the future with cautious optimism.

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  1. *Practical Realizations of Quantum Information Processing, The Royal Society, London, UK, 13–14 November 2002.

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Jones, J. Putting it into practice. Nature 421, 28–29 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/421028a

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