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    Julian Hayes, CEO of Chromacity Ltd.
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    Shan-Wen Tsai (left) and Troy Losey.
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    In this Q&A, Scott Diddams, a professor in the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder’s Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, shares his plans for the National...
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    Sept. 26, 2024
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    Sept. 16, 2024
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    Matthias Heinrich (left), Alexander Szameit (center), and Max Ehrhardt (right).
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    Sept. 13, 2024
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    Sandia National Laboratories’ Scientist Jongmin Lee (left) prepares a rubidium cold-atom cell for an atom interferometry experiment while Scientists Ashok Kodigala (right) and Michael Gehl initialize the controls for a packaged single-sideband modulator chip.
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    Aug. 29, 2024
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