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Posted on 06/21/2023 5:00:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Researchers at Microsoft say they have created elusive quasiparticles called Majorana zero modes – but scientists outside the company are sceptical
Microsoft researchers have made a controversial claim that they have seen evidence of an elusive particle that could solve some of the biggest headaches in quantum computing, but some experts are questioning the discovery.
Quantum computers process information using quantum bits, or qubits, but current iterations can be prone to error.
“What the field needs is a new kind of qubit,” says Chetan Nayak at Microsoft Quantum.
He and his colleagues say they have taken a significant step towards building qubits from quasiparticles, which are not true particles but collective vibrations that can emerge when particles like electrons act together. The quasiparticles in question are called Majorana zero modes, which act as their own antiparticle and have a charge and energy that equate to zero. That makes them resilient to disturbances – so they could make unprecedentedly reliable qubits – but also makes them notoriously hard to find.
The Microsoft researchers say devices they built exhibited behaviours consistent with Majorana zero modes. The main components of each device were an extremely thin semiconducting wire and a piece of superconducting aluminium.
This isn’t the first time Microsoft has claimed to have found Majorana zero modes. A 2018 paper by a different group of researchers at the company was retracted from the scientific journal Nature in 2021 after it didn’t hold up
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Sounds like they got the dope man
lol. gotta bookmark this one. the elusive microsoft particle.
you quit too soon Bill.
If Microsoft people are so smart, why are the column headers for “create date” and “last modified” date still reversed?
Nevermind... That just happens on that old XP.
Microsoft, eh? Must be the BPOD.
(Blue Particle Of Death...)
LOL...
Smeggs boatswain
Will it cure Win 11?
Wow...you mean there are some real scientists left? This is how Science is supposed to work. They make a claim and then the rest of the community validates it with a skeptical mind. If it’s true then it is repeatable.
The particle has been unofficially named “Linuxerium”.
LOL! prolly not that strong...
i’m still running 7 8^)
Bummer.
I thought I hated Win10 with the passionate intensity of a thousand white hot suns...and then I got stuck with 11.
/bring back Win2000K Pro, please
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