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'Data manipulations' alleged in study that led to Microsoft's quantum chip
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Work relating to Microsoft's new quantum computing chip has been called into question after an author on the study acknowledged it contained "undisclosed data manipulations," according to emails obtained by Retraction Watch and Science. The findings, published in 2017 in Nature Communications by a Microsoft-funded lab at the Delft University of Technology, were a key step in demonstrating how an ultrathin "nanowire" might be useful as a bit in a quantum chip, just as a transistor is used in a conventional computer. Last month, the paper received an editorial expression of concern and extensive corrections to address gaps in data following an investigation by the journal. But two of its authors say the correction is insufficient and the study should be retracted. Henry Legg, a quantum physicist at the University of St. Andrews, also has concerns. "This is the latest in a long line of issues we have seen with Microsoft-funded research," he says. "It seems when they turn up with funding, standard research practices can go out the window."
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