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May 29, 2013

Milwaukee-York researchers forward quest for quantum computing
York, UK (SPX) May 28, 2013
Research teams from UW-Milwaukee and the University of York investigating the properties of ultra-thin films of new materials are helping bring quantum computing one step closer to reality. An on-going collaboration between physicists from York and the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA, is focusing on understanding, tailoring and tuning the electronic properties of topological insulators (TI) - new materials with surfaces that host a quantum state of matter - at the nanoscale. Understa ... read more

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