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Dina Genkina, Rina Diane Caballar, Samuel K. Moore, Eliza Strickland, Evan Ackerman, Rachel Berkowitz

Published May 1, 2025• 0 citations
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Microsoft and Nokia have made significant efforts toward topological quantum computers—a new type of quantum computer that could be far less fragile than other options. But bulletproof evidence of a topological quantum bit remains elusive.
DOI
10.1109/mspec.2025.10991979

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