SMRTR Science & EngineeringMar 11, 2026Interesting Engineering

350 feet underground US lab helps turn qubits into sensors for dark matter research

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Scientists used Fermilab's underground lab to study how cosmic rays affect superconducting qubits, measuring charge noise across multiple qubits for the first time. This research helps identify error sources in quantum computing and could enable dark matter detection.

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