The breakthrough addresses concerns that powerful quantum computers could eventually crack encryption standards to leave vulnerable financial systems, government communications, health data and media.

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Quantum computers work by applying quantum operations, such as quantum gates, to delicate quantum states. Ideally, quantum ...

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