UK and US researchers published a paper on Friday which details discoveries that could well bring a fully functional quantum computer a little bit closer to reality. Research into quantum computing has been around for years, but the problem is keeping the data in a coherent format. However, apparently researchers have now found a way to preserve electrons that allow a system to process data coherently.

Quantum computers, if we ever see them could revolutionise computing as in theory they can perform tasks that are not feasible even with today’s supercomputers. The way quantum computing differs is they use matter, atoms and molecules to process huge quantities of tasks because data is stored and shared in more states than just binary code.

The research group concentrated their efforts on phosphorus atoms in silicon. The researchers, by applying a certain magnetic field, used a current to determine the state of an electron without bringing in disturbance, thus giving them a massive 5,000% longer life than any other experiment to date.

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