Existing quantum computers are prone to errors because they store information in quantum-state superpositions that are easily destroyed. Researchers are developing an alternative technology that stores quantum information more robustly as Majorana fermions—quasiparticles that can be hosted by a class of materials known as topological superconductors. In a new experiment, Rui Zhou of the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and colleagues have studied the superconducting properties of a topological-superconductor candidate, yttrium platinum bismuth (YPtBi) [1].
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