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May 2021
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Charlie Marcus Knows That Quantum Facts ...

STEVEN STROGATZ AND QUANTA MAGAZINE
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The secret to making a qubit for future quantum computers might depend on knowing how to tie knots in unusual materials, argues the physicist Charlie Marcus.

The post Charlie Marcus Knows That Quantum Facts Aren’t Complicated first appeared on Quanta Magazine

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