Quantum sensors show how physics-based tech is yielding federal advances

Sensors have been around for a huge amount of time. For a quantum computer, if you're dealing with atoms, you need to address single, individual atoms. With a quantum sensor, you don't actually need to.

You don't necessarily require quantum mechanics to make very good sensors. But it was recognized in the 20th century that quantum mechanical systems - particularly atoms

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