Researchers demonstrated that braiding and fusing particles known as non-Abelian anyons can perform every operation required by a quantum computer. Physicists have now demonstrated that unusual quantum objects called non-Abelian anyons can provide that versatility by supporting the full range of operations required for universal quantum computing. Their experiments offer the first demonstration that this approach can support universal quantum operations. The findings indicate that non-Abelian anyons may provide a way around that expensive step. Doing so could eventually establish non-Abelian anyons as a practical basis for large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers.