Quantum computers are starting to become useful as scientific tools - New Scientist

The list of tasks where quantum computers have advantage is growingCONNIE ZHOU/IBM Quantum computers are pushing further into the world of the impossible. Three new examples of calculations that no other type of machine can do show how quantum computers are becoming useful as scientific tools. There are many situations in science where solving a problem requires extensive computer calculations, such as when trying to predict the behaviour of large molecules. But in some cases, the calculations are so complex, that traditional computers will never reach an answer. This is the point where quantum computers can have “quantum advantage” as they can use quantum phenomena to produce a solution. But how can you be sure that an answer that only one machine can produce can be trusted? Topics: quantum computing