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Caption: Jason Petta, an assistant professor of physics, has found a way to alter the property of a lone electron without disturbing the trillions of electrons in its immediate surroundings. Such a feat is an important step toward developing future types of quantum computers.
Credit: Princeton University, Office of Communications, Brian Wilson
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