Quantum leaps, bit by bit

• DOI: 10.1038/543s2a
• Publication Date: 2017-03-22T00:05:07Z
• Authors: Andreas Trabesinger
• Keywords: 0303 health sciences; 03 medical and health sciences

The promises of quantum computation are unique — and so are the challenges. Progress in physics, mathematics, computer science and engineering have brought quantum computers to a point where they start to challenge their classical counterparts. By Andreas Trabesinger; illustration by Visual Science.