# D-Wave Demonstrates Entangling Gate for Dual-Rail Qubits

D-Wave, with collaborators, reports successfully testing an entangling gate on its dual-rail qubits, a design that encodes quantum information differently from standard superconducting qubits. The work, published in Nature, validates a key component needed for dual-rail erasure qubits, which offer a promising path toward more efficient quantum error correction. This marks an important step in making this qubit architecture a viable contender for large-scale quantum computing.

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## Sources

### Technology
- [Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/d-wave-on-rails-company-tests-entanglement-on-its-dual-rail-qubits/) — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:37:07 +0000

### Science
- [Nature](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10822-y) — 2026-08-05