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Thursday, August 12, 2021

IBM and CERN want to use quantum computing to unlock the mysteries of the universe [Technology For you, July 2021]

Title:
IBM and CERN want to use quantum computing to unlock the mysteries of the universe 
 
Published:
Technology For You, 22 July 2021
 
From the article:
The potential of quantum computers is currently being discussed in settings ranging from banks to merchant ships, and now the technology has been taken even further afield – or rather, lower down. 
 
One hundred meters below the Franco-Swiss border sits the world’s largest machine, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) operated by the European laboratory for particle physics, CERN. And to better understand the mountains of data produced by such a colossal system, CERN’s scientists have been asking IBM’s quantum team for some assistance.