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IonQ and the University of Washington Simulate Process Linked To The Universe’s Matter-Antimatter Imbalance
COLLEGE PARK, Md., June 25, 2025--IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), a leading commercial quantum computing and networking company, today announced the first known simulation using a quantum computer of a process called "neutrinoless double-beta decay" with profound implications for understanding the universe’s imbalance between matter and antimatter.
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