15 Best Technology Stocks to Buy for the Long Term

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7. International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM)

International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) is one of the Best Technology Stocks to Buy for the Long Term. On March 5, International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) in collaboration with The University of Manchester, Oxford University, ETH Zurich, EPFL, and the University of Regensburg announced creating a novel molecule with previously unobserved electronic structure.

The molecule with the formula C₁₃Cl₂ exhibits a half-Möbius electronic topology. Electrons of the molecule travel in a corkscrew pattern with 90-degree twists per circuit, requiring four loops to return to the starting phase. The report noted that this topology can be reversibly switched between clockwise, counterclockwise, and untwisted states.

The development used International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM)’s nanoscale legacy to simulate the molecule’s behavior. Moreover, the quantum processors integrated with CPUs and GPUs were used to reveal helical molecular orbitals and a pseudo-Jahn-Teller effect driving the topology.

Alessandro Curioni, IBM Fellow and Director of IBM Research Zurich said:

“First, we designed a molecule we thought could be created, then we built it, and then we validated it and its exotic properties with a quantum computer.”

International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) provides hybrid cloud, artificial intelligence, and consulting services.

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