Interview

January 9, 2020

What Europe needs to survive the quantum wars

Is quantum just another technological leap that will leave Europe on the side of the road?


The race for quantum technology may have turned into a battle of the bucks, but don’t count Europe out just yet. What the region lacks in mega-funding it can make up for with a secret weapon: superbrains.

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