{"id":219771,"date":"2025-08-09T16:06:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T21:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/discarded-particles-dubbed-neglectons-may-unlock-universal-quantum-computing"},"modified":"2025-08-09T16:06:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T21:06:44","slug":"discarded-particles-dubbed-neglectons-may-unlock-universal-quantum-computing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/discarded-particles-dubbed-neglectons-may-unlock-universal-quantum-computing","title":{"rendered":"Discarded particles dubbed \u2018neglectons\u2019 may unlock universal quantum computing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/discarded-particles-dubbed-neglectons-may-unlock-universal-quantum-computing.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Quantum computers have the potential to solve problems far beyond the reach of today\u2019s fastest supercomputers. But today\u2019s machines are notoriously fragile. The quantum bits, or \u201cqubits,\u201d that store and process information are easily disrupted by their environment, leading to errors that quickly accumulate.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most promising approaches to overcoming this challenge is topological quantum computing, which aims to protect <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/quantum+information\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">quantum information<\/a> by encoding it in the geometric properties of exotic particles called anyons. These particles, predicted to exist in certain two-dimensional materials, are expected to be far more resistant to noise and interference than conventional qubits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmong the leading candidates for building such a computer are Ising anyons, which are already being intensely investigated in condensed matter labs due to their potential realization in exotic systems like the fractional quantum Hall state and topological superconductors,\u201d said Aaron Lauda, professor of mathematics, physics and astronomy at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and the study\u2019s senior author.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quantum computers have the potential to solve problems far beyond the reach of today\u2019s fastest supercomputers. But today\u2019s machines are notoriously fragile. The quantum bits, or \u201cqubits,\u201d that store and process information are easily disrupted by their environment, leading to errors that quickly accumulate. One of the most promising approaches to overcoming this challenge is [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,1617,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-particle-physics","category-quantum-physics","category-supercomputing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219771","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\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219771\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}