I Molecular Quantum Computer Progress

[Hornbein]

TL;DR

Trapping molecules to perform quantum operations.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.15345

Trapping molecules to perform quantum operations. By carefully controlling how the molecules rotated with respect to one another, the team managed to entangle two molecules, creating a quantum state known as a two-qubit Bell state with 94 percent accuracy. The iSWAP gate used in this experiment swapped the states of two qubits and applied what is called a phase shift, an essential step in generating entanglement where the states of two qubits become correlated regardless of the distance in between.

 

[sbrothy]

So progress. For the uninitiated like me it does sound like baby steps though.