http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120413160004.htm Of what possible use could this discovery bring ? Its neither here nor their. LOL

 

I put this up because it just may be the biggest discovery since the transistor,seriously I thought that someone would've understood the awsome implications of this discovery.Even if they don't understand my sense of humour.

 

it may be step closer to warp drive...

 

Not really. It may be a more efficient storage system. However, it is way too preliminary to see what it can do.

The technology of memistors, which is being developed, should be almost ready for prime time, while this new particle is being analyzed. Memistors (AKA, memristors) pave the way for 100 Terabytes or more of incredibly fast memory. Fast enough local RAM could be replace with direct access.

So while this is indeed big news, it is way too soon for sweeping proclamations of what this means.

 

Necroposting update:

Microsoft’s Big Win in Quantum Computing Was an ‘Error’ After All
In a 2018 paper, researchers said they found evidence of an elusive theorized particle. A closer look now suggests otherwise

https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-win-quantum-computing-error/

Kouwenhoven, in Delft, was one of the physicists who got Microsoft’s backing. His 2012 paper reporting “signatures” of Majorana particles inside nanowires started chatter about a future Nobel prize for proving the elusive particles’ existence. In 2016, Microsoft stepped up its investment—and the hype.
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Frolov, the University of Pittsburgh researcher, says the questions around Kouwenhoven’s 2018 paper leave the small field of physics dedicated to detecting Majoranas “wounded,” facing a potentially unpleasant comedown after a period of high expectations. “We have good science to do with reasonable expectations, not magical expectations,” he says. Frolov says the group should release the full raw data from its experiments for outside scrutiny.

 

https://retractionwatch.com/2022/04/24/authors-retract-second-majorana-paper-from-nature/

A year after retracting a Nature paper claiming to find evidence for the elusive Majorana particle that many hope would have paved the way for a quantum computer, a group of researchers have retracted a second paper on the subject from the same journal.

 

https://retractionwatch.com/2022/04/24/authors-retract-second-majorana-paper-from-nature/

A year after retracting a Nature paper claiming to find evidence for the elusive Majorana particle that many hope would have paved the way for a quantum computer, a group of researchers have retracted a second paper on the subject from the same journal.

I wonder if a retraction is a career killer in this kind of field. Kudos to the researchers for their honesty.