SMRTR Science & EngineeringJul 28, 2025Scientific American

Scientists Create First Antimatter Qubit

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Physicists have achieved a groundbreaking milestone by creating the first-ever antimatter qubit using a single trapped antiproton. This quantum bit, the basic unit of quantum computing, maintained its spin state for nearly a minute. While antimatter quantum computers are still far from reality, this achievement could help solve the mystery of why matter dominates the universe. Scientists hope to use this technique to measure differences between protons and antiprotons with unprecedented precision, potentially explaining the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the cosmos.

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