"Crunching the Universe" --Physicists One Step Closer to Quantum Computing

"Quantum computers have the potential to solve problems that would take a classical computer longer than the age of the universe."

David Deutsch- Quantum computing pioneer -Visiting Professor in the Department of Atomic and Laser Physics at the Centre for Quantum Computation (CQC) in the Clarendon Laboratory of the University of Oxford.

Rice University physicists have created a tiny "electron superhighway" that could one day be useful for building a quantum computer, a new type of computer that will use quantum particles in place of the digital transistors found in today's microchips.

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