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From smartphones to supercomputers, modern computers work by manipulating digital 1s and 0s. But many researchers believe that computers based on the strange behaviours of the quantum world can yield major advances across a range of disciplines, from drug discovery and cryptography to machine learning and climate science. Here, Nature delves into the state of quantum computing.
Quantum computers are fast approaching the point where they will start benefiting society — and researchers in Japan want to get there as quickly as possible.