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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered that adding a layer of magnesium improves the properties of tantalum, a superconducting material that shows great promise for building qubits, the basis of quantum computers.

Researchers at the DOE’s Brookhaven National Laboratory in the United States have found that a coating of magnesium enhances the characteristics of tantalum, a superconducting material with a lot of potential for creating qubits, the building blocks of quantum computers.