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Quantum computing

Quantum computers untangle knotty polymer problem

06 Oct 2021 Pradeep Niroula 
Diagram illustrating how possible conformations of polymers are mapped onto a set of quantum spins
Rule mapping The researchers' algorithm encodes the rules of polymer conformations (bottom layer) onto quantum spins in an annealer (upper layers). (Courtesy: Cristian Micheletti)
The sheer length and complexity of polymers – chains of molecules that make up both artificial mat

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Pradeep Niroula is a PhD student contributor to Physics World. Pradeep is studying quantum error correction and complexity theory at the University of Maryland. Find out more about our student contributor networks
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