Can quantum computers now solve health care problems? We’ll soon find out.

About this episode

The episode discusses the potential of quantum computers to address health care challenges as six research groups compete for breakthroughs in quantum algorithms.

After 30 months of fast-paced innovation in quantum algorithms, six research groups are hoping to hit paydirt. But there can be only one big winner—if there is a winner at all. This story was written by Michael Brooks and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com

People in this episode

Host: Noa

Topics covered

• quantum computing
• health care
• innovation
• research
• algorithms

Keywords

• quantum computers
• health care problems
• innovation
• research groups
• algorithms

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MIT Technology Review, newsoveraudio.com

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