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The transfer of matter from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them, usually instantaneously. In most instances, it involves 'disassembling' the physical object into small particles at the sending node and 'reassembling' them at the receiving node.
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Trying to find a short story about condemned criminals used for teleportation
I think you are thinking of "Via Vortex" by John Meaney, included in Lou Anders' anthology Sideways in Crime. From the Strange Horizons synopsis/review:
John Meaney's "Via Vortex" pulls a switch on t …
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Book about government-funded research yielding functional teleportation that causes personal...
This is almost certainly The Infinitive of Go, by John Brunner. From the plot summary:
For the first significant test using a live person, a diplomatic agent is Posted to a foreign embassy from th …