Quantum Data at the Atom's Heart (VIDEO)

University of New South Wales

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A team of Australian engineers at the University of New South Wales in Sydney has demonstrated a quantum bit based on the nucleus of a single atom in silicon, promising dramatic improvements for data processing in ultra-powerful quantum computers of the future. As they explain in this video, the nucleus is an exceptional quantum bit because it is extremely protected inside the atom. This means it can retain information for longer periods of time before and complete more calculations before that information is scrambled and lost.

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Please credit: The University of New South Wales and UNSWTV

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