Melody makers: can we use quantum computers to create music?
Quantum computers hold great promise at speeding up scientific calculations, but could they ever be used to create or play tunes? That’s the question science writer Philip Ball tackles in this month’s cover feature, which he wrote after going to a live musical event in London attended by research scientists and avant-garde artists like Brian Eno and Peter Gabriel. Also this month, find out the first results from the James Webb Space Telescope, explore the benefits of “concentrated” solar power and meet the physicist making a “periodic table” for topological materials.
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