More likely, the researchers are hired by the government. You may have noticed how most of the papers about quantum computing have dried up. This is not because people are disinterested in the topic. Rather, the people who made significant advances were hired for government research labs (the NSA does this) and their work was subsequently classified. The US DoD makes a practice of hiring the best and brighest minds in the world, so it's no wonder some of these products never come to the field or diappear altogether.
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More likely, the researchers are hired by the government. You may have noticed how most of the papers about quantum computing have dried up. This is not because people are disinterested in the topic. Rather, the people who made significant advances were hired for government research labs (the NSA does this) and their work was subsequently classified. The US DoD makes a practice of hiring the best and brighest minds in the world, so it's no wonder some of these products never come to the field or diappear altogether.