Europe Will Spend €1 Billion to Turn Quantum Physics Into Quantum Technology

A 10-year-long megaproject will go beyond quantum computing and cryptography to advance other emerging technologies

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Europe Will Spend €1 Billion to Turn Quantum Physics Into Quantum Technology
Cool Quantum Tech: This dilution refrigerator can cool quantum dots to less than 5 millikelvins for experiments in quantum computing.
Photo: Ernst de Groot

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