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New 'gold-plated' superconductor could be the foundation for massively scaled-up quantum computers in the future

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A new superconductor material could greatly improve the reliability of quantum computers.

Researchers combined trigonal tellurium and a chiral material with a thin film of gold.

The surface of the gold film became superconducting through the "proximity effect" This could allow the excitations of electrons to be potentially used as quantum bits in a quantum computer.