Neutron stars are some of the densest objects in the universe. They are the core of a collapsed megastar that went supernova, ...

A mysterious phenomenon at the center of our galaxy could be the result of a different type of dark matter. Dark matter, the ...

Microsoft’s new “topological qubit” is not based on a solid, liquid or gas. It is another phase of matter that many experts ...

Microsoft scientists have created a quantum processor that taps into a rare state of matter that was first theorized in the 1930s, paving the way for a processor with a million qubits within years.

Microsoft announced a sensational new quantum-computing chip called Majorana 1 based on what it said was an “entirely new state of matter”: a topological superconductor. According to a long ...

REDMOND — Anyone who has sat through a third-grade science class knows three primary states of matter exist: solid, liquid and gas. Microsoft now says it has created a new state of matter in its ...

This can reach the "topological" state of matter and tap into the laws quantum mechanics under ... Microsoft scientists had to make a series of breakthroughs in materials science, fabrication methods ...