The first one-bit chemical memory unit—the ‘chit’

In classical computer science, information is stored in bits; in quantum computer science, information is stored in quantum bits, or qubits. Experiments at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw prove that chemistry is also a suitable basis for storing information. The chemical bit, or ‘chit,’ is a simple arrangement of three droplets in contact with each other, in which oscillatory reactions occur.