WVU Physicist Receives NSF CAREER Award for Quantum Materials Research
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NSF CAREER money into quantum materials is a reminder that the real constraints on quantum hardware may be exotic matter, not algorithms. Hardware-adjacent startups should be tracking these labs early—today’s grant recipients are tomorrow’s IP licensors and co-founders.
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