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Drew Turney

Quantum internet breakthrough after 'quantum data' transmitted through standard fiber optic cable for 1st time

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A new quantum computing study claims that a recent finding in the production, storage and retrieval of "quantum data" has brought us one step closer to the quantum internet.

Currently, quantum information is unstable over long distances and quantum bits, or qubits — the carriers of quantum information — are easily lost or fragmented during transmission.

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