Researchers in Australia have developed silicon-wrapped quantum technology that could solve problems that have held back the development of powerful quantum computers.

The scientists, working on similar but separate projects at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), used silicon as a protectant shell around the bits, also known as qubits, in a quantum machine.

By doing that, they’ve made the qubits, the building blocks for quantum computers, more accurate, increased the length of time they’ll hold information and possible made quantum computers easier to build.

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