Quantum Random Walks: Discrete and Continuous
Discrete and continuous quantum random walks compared with classical walks, and their uses in algorithms, cryptography and models of biology.
BasicsAlgorithmsHardwareError CorrectionCryptographyMachine LearningInformation TheoryPhysics & SimulationApplicationsIndustry & Careers
Tagged: Drug Discovery
47 articles
Quantum Chemistry Algorithms: What Runs Today
Which quantum chemistry algorithms run on today’s hardware, what they compute, and how they may help drug discovery and materials science.
Boson Sampling: The Photonic Route to Quantum Advantage
Boson sampling sends photons through a network of beam splitters. Why its output is hard to simulate classically and what the experiments have shown.
The Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm, Explained
The quantum adiabatic algorithm slowly evolves a simple Hamiltonian into one encoding a problem. The adiabatic theorem, annealing and hardware limits.
Quantum Simulation Algorithms and What They Model
Quantum simulation algorithms model molecules and materials that classical computers struggle with. Uses in chemistry, drug discovery and materials science.
What Is a Qubit? Types and How They Are Made
What a qubit is, how it differs from a bit, the types of physical qubits, how they are measured and why scaling them up is hard.
Quantum Processing Software: The Current Stack
What quantum software does between the user and the hardware, how quantum and classical processing compare, and which industries use it.
Quantum Supremacy: What Was Actually Proved
What quantum supremacy experiments actually proved, what they did not, and how supremacy differs from useful quantum advantage.
Quantum Yield: How Efficiency Is Measured
Quantum yield is the fraction of absorbed photons that produce a given effect. How it is measured and why it matters in fluorescence, LEDs and solar cells.
Quantum Computing in Biology and Life Sciences
How quantum computing may help biology: simulating biomolecules, drug discovery, genetic analysis and bioinformatics, plus a look at quantum biology.
Quantum Computing in Medicine: Uses Being Tested
Uses of quantum computing being tested in medicine: drug discovery, genomics, disease prediction, diagnostic sensors and medical data security.
How Quantum Computing Will Change the World
How quantum computing could affect drug discovery, materials, encryption, supply chains, climate modeling and AI, and which effects are near-term.
