Scientists at the University of Sydney have developed a machine learning technique to predict the demise of quantum computing systems in a bid to keep quantum bits (qubits) from breaking. According to the university, a significant obstacle in building reliable quantum technologies has been the randomisation of quantum systems by their environments -- known as decoherence -- which effectively destroys the useful quantum character. Professor Biercuk from the University of Sydney's School of Physics and a chief investigator at the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems, said his group had demonstrated it was possible to suppress decoherence in a preventive