Researchers trying to confirm major quantum computing breakthroughs instead found simpler explanations hiding behind the hype. Credit: AI/ScienceDaily.com A team of researchers led by Sergey Frolov, a physics professor at the University of Pittsburgh, along with collaborators from Minnesota and Grenoble, carried out a series of replication studies focused on topological effects in nanoscale superconducting and semiconducting devices. This area of research is considered crucial because it could