Spooky states and figure eights: Stepping into the quantum computing 'ring'

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility have designed a unique 'CPU' for quantum computing using particle accelerator technology and the concept of figure-eight-shaped rings. This approach could potentially outperform existing quantum computing prototypes and has applications in cryptography, data science, search algorithms, artificial intelligence, and more. The figure-eight rings offer long coherence times and have the potential to store a large number of qubits. The research team is on the verge of a full patent for their design.