A team of scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has managed to handle the fundamental properties of molecules at the quantum level by combining an electrically charged atom and an electrically charged molecule. Their experiment paves the way to develop hybrid quantum information systems that could handle different forms of data. Scientists have successfully involved the characteristics of an electron in the atomic ion with the rotational states of the molecule in their experiment. The breakthrough could help develop large-scale quantum computers and networks by combining quantum bits based on otherwise inappropriate hardware devices and operating wavelengths.