<ul><li>Scientists at UNSW Sydney have created a real-life version of the famous 'Schrödinger's cat' thought experiment inside a silicon chip.</li><li>This breakthrough could lead to a more robust way to perform quantum computations and address the challenge of error correction in quantum computers.</li><li>In the experiment, an atom of antimony was used as the 'cat' with eight spin states, making it more resilient than traditional qubits.</li><li>The 'Schrödinger's cat' was embedded in a silicon chip, allowing precise control of its quantum state and potential scalability.</li></ul>

Scientists create a ‘Schrödinger’s cat’ in a silicon chip

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