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Frozen neon as the key to a quiet quantum world, new study shows

The world hasn’t yet embraced quantum computing because the technology hasn’t overcome a fundamental issue: Noise. It causes quantum bits (qubits), building blocks of a quantum computer, to lose their information.

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An electron (represented by the ball) is controlled by a resonator (red wires) above a solid neon surface (the transparent square piece under the ball). Noise (disturbances) in the environment (represented by the distortion) becomes quiet around the electron and neon (clear area). Image by Xu Han/Argonne National Laboratory.

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