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Microsoft's quantum computing ambitions suffer a setback after its researcher, who claimed to have found the Majorana particle, prepares to retract his findings

Wired Tom Simonite

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  • @quantumchannel_ @quantumchannel_ on x
    Does this retraction renormalize the expectations about topological qubits? Definitely yes https://www.wired.com/...
  • @lanceulanoff Lance Ulanoff on x
    When you make mistakes at a quantum level https://www.wired.com/... via @wired
  • @stephansroche Stephan Roche on x
    83 years after Ettore's “evaporation”- “Majorana hunters” should have remembered legendary words... “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool"@ProfFeynman @spinespresso https://www.wired.com/... https://twitter.com/...
  • @piratecto Sergio Gago on x
    Microsoft's Big Win in Quantum Computing Was an ‘Error’ After All - Tweets by Sergey Frolov, a physicist who questioned missing data in the 2018 paper. In March 2018, Dutch physicist and Microsoft employee Leo Kouwenhoven published headline-grabbing new ... https://www.wired.com/…
  • @quantumaephraim Aephraim Steinberg on x
    See https://www.wired.com/... for popular summary; and https://arxiv.org/... for the great line. Next time I need to say “this wasn't what I thought it was,” I will also have to remember the optimistic phrasing “my original claims have a ‘wider interpretation’” ! [2/2]
  • @caseynewton Casey Newton on x
    Fun holiday weekend idea: find the Majorana particle https://twitter.com/...
  • @andreasateth Andreas Wallraff on x
    Interesting article in @WIRED on #Majorana particles, open questions about their observation, and their potential use in #quantum #computers. With commentary from @spinespresso and @VincentMourik . https://www.wired.com/... via @wired