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Forget What You Know About Matter — Microsoft Just Unlocked a New State 🧪✨

Natheem Yousuf
4 min readFeb 20, 2025

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You know how in school they taught us the “three states of matter” — solid, liquid, and gas? Maybe your science teacher even threw in plasma for extra credit. Well… Microsoft just broke the rules.

Yes, the same Microsoft that brought you Windows updates at the most inconvenient times has now discovered a whole new state of matter. And no, this isn’t sci-fi. It’s quantum computing’s glow-up moment.

So grab a snack (solid), a drink (liquid), and maybe some air (gas) — and let’s break down what the heck just happened.

🚀 Wait, What’s This New State of Matter?

Introducing… Topoconductors. 🎉

Sounds fancy, right? Here’s the TL;DR:

  • Topoconductors are materials with super unique properties that make them perfect for quantum computing.
  • Think of them as the VIP lounge of matter — where only the most stable and reliable particles hang out.

Science-y analogy:
Imagine you’re trying to balance a marble on a razor’s edge. Nearly impossible, right? Now, imagine that razor’s edge suddenly becomes a deep groove — the marble stays put, no problem. That’s kind of what topoconductors do for qubits(quantum bits) — they keep them…

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Natheem Yousuf
Natheem Yousuf

Written by Natheem Yousuf

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