The information of a quantum state (black cat) is split into three parts upon a quantum measurement: the extracted (gray cat), the disturbed (light gray cat), and the reversible information (black cat, Fail). Selected for a Synopsis in Physics.

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Demonstration of Complete Information Trade-Off in Quantum Measurement
Seongjin Hong, Yong-Su Kim, Young-Wook Cho, Jaewan Kim, Seung-Woo Lee, and Hyang-Tag Lim
Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 050401 (2022)

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