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The high-stakes race to make quantum computers work - Chiara Decaroli

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Quantum computers could eventually outstrip the computational limits of classical computers. They rely on the behavior of atomic and subatomic particles, whose quantum states are incredibly fragile and easily destroyed— which is why this technology remains largely theoretical. How would quantum computers work, and are they really possible? Chiara Decaroli investigates.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Chiara Decaroli
Director
Igor Coric
Narrator
Christina Greer
Animator
Nemanja Petrovic
Director of Production
Gerta Xhelo
Editorial Producer
Alex Rosenthal
Associate Producer
Bethany Cutmore-Scott
Associate Editorial Producer
Elizabeth Cox
Script Editor
Eleanor Nelsen
Fact-Checker
Eden Girma

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