Condensed-matter physicists are steadily closing in on exotic excitations known as Majorana modes that could advance both fundamental science and quantum computing.
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Alicea, J. Majorana modes materialize. Nature Nanotech 8, 623–624 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2013.178
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