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A team that includes scientists from USC has built a quantum computer in a diamond, the first of its kind to include protection against "decoherence" – noise that prevents the computer from functioning properly.

Professor +Daniel Lidar USC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Lidar

Postdoc Zhihui Wang

Their findings will be published on April 5 in Nature.

http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-04-quantum-built-diamond.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120404161943.htm

The chip in the image measures 3mm x 3mm, while the diamond in the center is 1mm x 1mm. (Credit: Courtesy of Delft University of Technology and UC Santa Barbara)