2012 Breakthrough Runner-Up: Majorana Fermions
4,396 views · Published 8 February 2013 · 1:28 · Indexed 30 September 2026
Channel: Science Magazine · 2013 · Science & Technology
After a 75-year hunt, scientists have observed what had previously only been theorized: Majorana fermions, a new type of fermions that can act as their own antimatter and annihilate themselves. In this video, Science Deputy News Editor Robert Coontz talks about these odd quasi-particles and their potential to serve as stable qubits for quantum computing. Science (www.sciencemag.org) is the world's leading journal of original scientific research, global news, and commentary. For more original videos, check out the Science Video Portal (video.sciencemag.org).
