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The 'no-cloning' theorem of quantum mechanics forbids the perfect copying of properties of photons or electrons. But quantum teleportation allows their flawless transfer — now even for two properties simultaneously. See Letter p.516

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Figure 1: Teleportation of photon polarization and orbital angular momentum.

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  1. and the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Wolfgang Tittel is in the Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, University of Calgary, Calgary T2N 1N4, Canada.,

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Tittel, W. Teleportation for two. Nature 518, 491–492 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/518491a

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