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Aug 23, 2017

Quantum Internet Is 13 Years Away. Wait, What’s Quantum Internet?

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That’s because so much of the technology is still in its infancy. Physicists still can’t control and manipulate quantum signals very well. Pan’s quantum satellite may have been able to send and receive signals, but it can’t really store quantum information—the best quantum memories can only preserve information for less than an hour. And researchers still don’t know what material makes the best quantum memory.


A Chinese physicist hopes that quantum communications will span multiple countries by 2030. So… what’s it for?

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