Beijing, China - Aug 16, 2018 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences Gao Hongjun teaching students in lab
2. Various of Gao talking with other researchers in front of computer
3. Computer screen showing picture of Majorana anyon
4. Animation of Majorana anyon
5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Gao Hongjun, academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences (partially overlaid with shot 6):
"The Majorana particle has always been a very hot topic among scientists, but nobody found it. This time we have discovered it in a simple material system, a single block."
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6. Animation of superconductor
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7. Various of pictures of Majorana anyon
8. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Gao Hongjun, academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences (partially overlaid with shot 9):
"Quantum computation is an international focus of contention as it is very important in the future information highway technologies. Now this is the first time we have discovered it. It is of milestone significance. Next, we will weave these anyons into a braid to achieve the quantum computation function. Then, we will go on, step by step, exploring into future computers."
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9. Animation of Majorana anyons
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10. Various of researchers working in lab

Chinese scientists have discovered in a superconductor the Majorana anyon or Majorana zero mode (MZM) hypothesized by Italian physicist Ettore Majorana in 1937.

The discovery is of great significance in the application of building a stable, high error toleration and expandable quantum computer.

The new discovery was made by a joint research team of the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the CAS University and the result was published on the journal "Science" on Thursday.

They captured the high-purity Majorana anyon for the first time in a superconductor material with a self-developed super-low temperature-high intensity magnetic field-scanning probe microscopy system.

When a Majorana Fermion is bound to a point, it becomes two Majorana anyons, which can be used to construct topological qubits that can be applied in self-fault tolerant quantum computers.

CAS academician Gao Hongjun said: "The Majorana particle has always been a very hot topic among scientists, but nobody found it. This time we have discovered it in a simple material system, a single block."

Gao said: "Quantum computation is an international focus of contention as it is very important in the future information highway technologies. Now this is the first time we have discovered it. It is of milestone significance. Next, we will weave these anyons into a braid to achieve the quantum computation function. Then, we will go on, step by step, exploring into future computers."