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Real-World 'Schrödinger's Cat' Brings Quantum Computing Breakthrough

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Australian researchers have shown that an atom of antimony can be used to store data for quantum computations in such a way that it is better protected from errors than in a standard quantum bit, "or qubit," of data.

The breakthrough could help weed out errors in future quantum computers.

First proposed in 1935 by the Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger , " Schröderinger 's cat" was designed to highlight the physicist's concerns with quantum mechanics.

"We can go and find who caused the fight, before it happens again and our cat gets further injuries," he said.

Schrödinger cat states of a nuclear spin qudit in silicon are found in silicon.

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