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ScienceNow: The electron might have just caught up with the photon as a possible data carrier for the next generation of supercomputers. Scientists have demonstrated the ability to control a current so precisely that they can transmit electrons one at a time. More research is needed, but the achievement could someday be a key part of building a quantum computer on a chip.

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