Scientists use quantum device to slow chemical process down by 100 billion times
www.sydney.edu.au
In a world-first experimental result, scientists at the University of Sydney have used a quantum computer to coax an atom to behave the same way as a photo-chemical process that underpins the speed of human vision and solar energy harvesting - only at speeds 100 billion times slower than in nature.

New research - and a world-first experimental result - display the potential for using quantum technology to explore new designs in material science, drugs or solar energy harvesting.

  •  elouboub   ( @elouboub@kbin.social ) 
    6•1 year ago

    Very frustrating.

    This allowed them to design and map this very complicated problem onto a relatively small quantum device ­– and then slow the process down by a factor of 100 billion.

    What does this even mean???