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These quantum switches need a materials makeover
August 13, 2026
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These quantum switches need a materials makeover
At the heart of today’s most advanced quantum computers sits a device called a Josephson junction. “The Josephson junction is the transistor of quantum computing,” says Kin Chung Fong, an engineer at Northeastern University, Burlington.