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Theoretical and experimental work described in Nature Physics expands the repertoire of exotic phases of matter.

University of British Columbia (UBC) scientists have demonstrated a reversible way to switch the topological state of a quantum material using mechanisms compatible with modern electronic devices.

Theoretical model indicates how topologically protected quantum excitations can support qubits that are less sensitive to noise and environmental imperfections.

Since grade school, people have been told these classical states of matter define the universe. Microsoft’s latest breakthrough challenges that idea, harnessing a unique topological state of matter to ...

In a quiet corner of low-temperature physics, researchers have stumbled on a phase of matter that seems to break one of the field’s unwritten rules: it works without well-defined particles. Instead of ...

Microsoft on Wednesday announced Majorana 1, its first quantum computing chip. The achievement comes after the company spent nearly two decades of research in the field, but Microsoft claims that ...

An international team of researchers has discovered that the quantum particles responsible for the vibrations of materials—which influence their stability and various other properties—can be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Topological materials, including what are known as semimetals, could unlock a new era of electronics, but scientists are still ...