Researchers have a made a major step forward in the development of quantum computers that can run at speeds far faster than current systems.
A Spanish team claims to have created a pair of particles with 103 dimensions.
The experiment smashes the previous record of 11 dimensions, and mean quantum computers are one step closer to becoming commonplace.
The discovery could represent a great advance toward the construction of quantum computers with much higher processing speeds than current ones, and toward a better encryption of information, the researchers say.
This new work will allow the processing of more than one thing at a time more effectively - and makes all processes much quicker.
The basics....
Modern day computers run on a model designed by Alan Turing in the 1930s.
They are digital and use bits to transfer information and perform tasks.
They use binary code and can only ever been in an active, or an inactive state - running at one or zero.
This means that a single bit is either on or off at any one time.
Qubits work differently and can be on, off, or in a mixed state in between.
As a result, qubits are able to be in multiple places at the same time
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