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Education and outreach

Physicists must consider how they communicate the impact of quantum technologies, before it’s too late

15 Jan 2024

Aletta Meinsma and Julia Cramer argue that physicists must take responsibility for communicating a balanced view on quantum technologies

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Quantum quartet (left to right) Aletta Meinsma, Ionica Smeets, Julia Cramer and Gudrun Reijnierse, along with Sanne Kristensen (not pictured), have examined more than 500 TEDx talks that feature quantum science and technology. (Courtesy: Aletta Meinsma and Julia Cramer)
Many new technologies that emerge into public life are met, initially at least, with resistance. Ove

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Aletta Meinsma is a PhD student at Leiden University in the Netherlands and Julia Cramer leads the quantum and society group at Leiden, e-mail meinsma@physics.leidenuniv.nl
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