Diraq: A tiny spin qubit with universal appeal

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Diraq’s silicon spin qubits are key to building the world’s first utility-scale quantum computer, but they could also be leveraged by high-energy physicists with a loftier ambition: teasing out some of the Universe’s longest-standing mysteries.

The standard model of particle physics is the go-to explanation for how the Universe works, but the model has some curious inconsistencies that have confounded physicists. For example, it fails to account for the observation that the Universe is replete with intriguing stuff known as dark matter. Find out more via the full announcement here.