{"id":161825,"date":"2023-04-10T08:23:14","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T13:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/physicists-extend-qubit-lifespan-in-pivotal-validation-of-quantum-computing"},"modified":"2023-04-10T08:23:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T13:23:14","slug":"physicists-extend-qubit-lifespan-in-pivotal-validation-of-quantum-computing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/physicists-extend-qubit-lifespan-in-pivotal-validation-of-quantum-computing","title":{"rendered":"Physicists Extend Qubit Lifespan in Pivotal Validation of Quantum Computing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/physicists-extend-qubit-lifespan-in-pivotal-validation-of-quantum-computing2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/quantum-computers\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_self\">Quantum computing<\/a> promises to be a revolutionary tool, making short work of equations that classical computers would struggle to ever complete. Yet the workhorse of the quantum device, known as a qubit, is a delicate object prone to collapsing.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping enough qubits in their ideal state long enough for computations has so far proved a challenge.<\/p>\n<p>In a new experiment, scientists were able to keep a qubit in that state for twice as long as normal. Along the way, they demonstrated the practicality of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quantum_error_correction\">quantum error correction<\/a> (QEC), a process that keeps quantum information intact for longer by introducing room for redundancy and error removal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quantum computing promises to be a revolutionary tool, making short work of equations that classical computers would struggle to ever complete. Yet the workhorse of the quantum device, known as a qubit, is a delicate object prone to collapsing. Keeping enough qubits in their ideal state long enough for computations has so far proved a [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,41,1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-information-science","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161825\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}