A Strange Quantum Effect May Explain One of Biology’s Greatest Mysteries
Researchers have uncovered a possible explanation for why living systems repeatedly choose one molecular form instead of its…
Controlling quantum properties with dry ice
Molecules exist in various energy configurations called quantum states. The laws of physics that govern if and…
Quantum Computing Built An Impossible Molecule — With Big Implications
Isosurface of the Dyson orbital, taken from Piccinelli, Samuele, et al., “Exploring pathways towards quantum advantage in quantum…
Simulating fermions with a digital quantum computer
Manin, Y. Computable and Uncomputable (Sovetskoye Radio, 1980). Feynman, R. P. in Feynman and Computation, 133–153 (CRC Press,…
Quantum Method Targets Molecular Bottleneck in Drug And Catalyst Design
Insider Brief A new study proposes a quantum method aimed at calculating a molecule’s lowest-energy state at the…
Scientists capture first real-time images of electrons breaking bonds
Chemistry textbooks explain how reactions start and end, but they rarely show what happens in between. Seeing these…
IonQ Quantum Computing Achieves Greater Accuracy Simulating Complex Chemical Systems to Potentially Slow Climate Change
New advancement lays groundwork for quantum-enhanced modeling in carbon capture and molecular dynamics COLLEGE PARK, Md., October 13,…