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Microsoft says its weird new particle could improve quantum computers

Researchers at Microsoft say they have created elusive quasiparticles called Majorana zero modes – but scientists outside the company are sceptical

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An employee among mining rigs at the Evobits crypto farm in Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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Quantum computers could slash the energy use of cryptocurrencies

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IBM quantum computer beat a supercomputer in a head-to-head test

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Extremely cold drop of helium can be levitated forever

Physics

Extremely cold drop of helium can be levitated forever

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Quantum computers could be built that are based on sound

Physics

Sound-based quantum computers could be built using chip-sized device

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The are thosands of small pieces of junk orbiting Earth (as well as thousands of satellites)

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Quantum sensors could detect space debris from its gravitational pull

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Sunlight coming out of the optical fibre

Physics

Sunlight could cool an atom to its coldest possible temperature

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'Fluxonium’ is the longest lasting superconducting qubit ever

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Illustration of particles and their wave functions

Physics

Fundamental law of physics demonstrated using quantum objects

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Sound vibrations can encode and process data like quantum computers do

A simple mechanical system built from aluminium rods uses vibrations to encode information, mimicking quantum computing in a non-quantum system

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Physics

AI can work out how quantum computers stack up to one another

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Superconducting qubits have passed a key quantum test

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Physics

Why virtual particles don’t exist but do explain reality – for now

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Physics

To create a wormhole that doesn't collapse, you need exotic matter

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