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