Fifteen years ago, an alternative technique to look for the elusive Majorana particles was conceived theoretically. But no one carried out the experiment, until now. Physicist Jianfeng Ge and his ...

Microsoft disagrees. A peer-reviewed critique of Majorana 1 claims Microsoft did not conclusively demonstrate a working topological qubit. Microsoft disagrees. But in a peer-reviewed article, Henry ...

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Researchers at Microsoft have announced the creation of the first “topological qubits” in a device that stores ...

Quantum computing is set to redefine the technological landscape, offering solutions to problems that classical computers cannot efficiently address. Microsoft’s Majorana 1 quantum processor ...

The tech giant has consistently stood by its Majorana chip research despite scepticism from some experts in the field.

Researchers and engineers from QuTech and Eindhoven University of Technology have created Majorana particles and measured their properties with great control. These Majoranas are so-called "poor man's ...

Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled its new Majorana 1 chip, the result of one of the company's longest running research projects that it believes will be a game-changer for quantum computing. The company ...

Microsoft researchers have made a controversial claim that they have seen evidence of an elusive particle that could solve some of the biggest headaches in quantum computing, but some experts are ...

A peer-reviewed paper in _Nature_ challenges Microsoft's 2025 claim of achieving a functional topological qubit with its Majorana 1 chip, sparking scientific debate.