https://phys.org/news/2018-05-quantum-molecule-properties.html

An exotic proposal for building qubits relies on using so-called Majorana zero modes. These are useful for quantum computation because of their intrinsic robustness against noise. Quantum computation with majoranas previously relied on combining four or six majoranas into a single qubit. But you don't necessarily have to make majoranas into qubits, as originally they are neither fermions nor bosons.

Leiden physicist Tom O'Brien and Piotr Rożek and Anton Akhmerov from Delft have now devised a method to solve quantum chemistry problems by converting majoranas directly into fermions. This approach is a win-win situation. On the one hand, their new scheme requires using fewer majoranas to simulate the same molecule, since you only need two majoranas to make a fermion instead of four or six for a qubit. On the other hand, the proposal avoids the complication of using bosons (qubits) to simulate fermions (matter), and therefore uses a simpler and more direct algorithm.

                                                            
                                    
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