https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/01/230130144803.htm > In a paper published in Nature Physics, a group of researchers from the University of Rochester, including John Nichol, an associate professor of physics, outlines a new method for controlling electron spin in silicon quantum dots -- tiny, nanoscale semiconductors with remarkable properties -- as a way to manipulate information in a quantum system. > "The results of the study provide a promising new mechanism for coherent control of qubits based on electron spin in semiconductor quantum dots, which could pave the way for the development of a practical silicon-based quantum computer," Nichol says.