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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>COOL!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks John, I wanted something for which I can express some optimism after pooping on Boeing and fusion power.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Grigg via extropy-chat<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, August 15, 2021 12:23 PM<br><b>To:</b> ExI chat list <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org><br><b>Cc:</b> John Grigg <possiblepaths2050@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [ExI] Scientists Create Quantum System That Stays Operational 10, 000 Longer<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid #ECECEC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p style='margin:0in;border:none;padding:0in'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'>"Quantum computers only are useful to us when we know how the states of electrons relate to each other.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='border:none;padding:0in;box-sizing:border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'>But getting to a state where this relationship is known — “quantum coherence” — is extremely difficult and costly. That may soon change thanks to a new discovery.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='border:none;padding:0in;box-sizing:border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'>A team of scientists at the University of Chicago have figured out a way to keep a quantum computer system “coherent” (or: operational) 10,000 times longer than before, according to a <a href="https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/08/12/science.abc5186"><span style='border:solid #ECECEC 1.0pt;padding:0in'>new study</span></a> published in the journal <em><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif;border:solid #ECECEC 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Science</span></em> on Thursday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='border:none;padding:0in;box-sizing:border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'>The scientists claim their solution could be applied to any other kind of quantum system and could end up revolutionizing the field."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='border:none;padding:0in;box-sizing:border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'><a href="https://futurism.com/quantum-computer-system-operational">https://futurism.com/quantum-computer-system-operational</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>