Physicists have unveiled a new type of quantum bit (qubit) that stores information in a quantum dot using an ensemble of nuclear spin states.The quantum dot qubit could be used to store and relay information in a quantum communication network.The team successfully stabilized 13,000 nuclear spin states in a collective, entangled 'dark state' using a quantum feedback algorithm.The research could potentially lead to longer coherence times in quantum communication networks and new insights into quantum many-body systems.