Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology edge closer to quantum computing breakthrough

Lee Bell
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Researchers claim first in race to manufacture a component able to host Majorana particles

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology claim to have become the first to manufacture a component able to host a 'Majorana particle', that is, a subatomic particle that could become stable...

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