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July 01, 2016

New, better way to build circuits for world's first useful quantum computers
University Park PA (SPX) Jul 01, 2016
The era of quantum computers is one step closer as a result of research published in the current issue of the journal Science. The research team has devised and demonstrated a new way to pack a lot more quantum computing power into a much smaller space and with much greater control than ever before. The research advance, using a 3-dimensional array of atoms in quantum states called quantum bits - or qubits - was made by David S. Weiss, professor of physics at Penn State University, and three stude ... read more

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