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Tiny sound waves could help solve a major quantum computing problem

ScienceDailySaturday, September 12, 2026 at 2:08 PM

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Tiny sound waves could help solve a major quantum computing problem
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Researchers at Harvard have demonstrated a way to protect quantum information using microscopic sound waves. By continuously surrounding a diamond-based qubit with mechanical vibrations, they extended its coherence time by roughly threefold.

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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product. Researchers at Harvard have demonstrated a way to protect quantum information using microscopic sound waves. By continuously surrounding a diamond-based qubit with mechanical vibrations, they extended its coherence time by roughly threefold.

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Researchers at Harvard have demonstrated a way to protect quantum information using microscopic sound waves. By continuously surrounding a diamond-based qubit with mechanical vibrations, they extended its coherence time by roughly threefold.

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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product.

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