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Owen Hughes

World's 1st mechanical qubit uses no light or electronics. It could lead to ultra-precise gravity-sensing tech.

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Scientists have created the world's first mechanical qubit: a tiny, moving system that stores quantum information using vibrations instead of electric currents or light.

Qubits are the fundamental units of quantum information. Unlike the bits you'd find in a classical computer, qubits can exist as 0, 1, or a superposition of both, thanks to the weird inner workings of quantum mechanics and entanglement.

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