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• n  a discrete amount of something that is analogous to the quantities in quantum theory
• n  (physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory)

• There are signs of improvement, if not a quantum leap.
• Though the technology appears to straddle the line between science and science fiction, the era of quantum teleportation has arrived.
• Researchers believe quantum teleportation will someday translate into many breakthrough applications ranging from uncrackable encryption methods to quantum computers that will run .

News & Articles

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• Quantum Dot and Quantum Dot Display (QLED): Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, Nanotechnology, 2013 ...
  DUBLIN, June 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets ( http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/8rh3vc/quantum_dot_and) has announced the addition of Wintergreen Research, Inc's new report "Quantum Dot and Quantum Dot Display (QLED): Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts,...
  June 25, 2013 - PR Newswire
• Quantum Grows Lattus Object Storage Disk Archive Line
  When Quantum unveiled Lattus , the company's line of disk-based Big Data archiving systems, in November, it carried a big business price tag. The company announced on Nov. 13 that when its 500 TB Lattus-X storage system went on the following month, it would cost $675,000.
  June 22, 2013 - Enterprise Storage Forum
• Quantum Foods Announces Executive Appointments
  Quantum Foods, LLC, a leading independent custom provider of value-added proteins, today announced that it has appointed John Morrissey as Executive Vice President, Sales and Marke
  June 20, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Jean-Claude Trichet in BusinessWeek
  There is a need for a quantum leap in the governance of the euro area,Trichet said in an interview with Spiegel magazine published on the ECB website.
• Francis Collins in USA Today
  We are about to see a quantum leap in our understanding of cancer,said NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins.
• Craig Mundie in Kansas City Star
  Vietnam has demonstrated to the world its capacity for quantum leaps,said Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer for Microsoft Corp.