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Fascinating progress in understanding our world at the smallest scales moves us to the
border of a new technological revolution governed by quantum physics. By taking …

Quantum computers can in principle solve certain problems exponentially more quickly than
their classical counterparts. We have not yet reached the advent of useful quantum …

Computing plays a critical role in the biological sciences but faces increasing challenges of
scale and complexity. Quantum computing, a computational paradigm exploiting the unique …

Our understanding of the physics of biological molecules, such as proteins and DNA, is
limited because the approximations we usually apply to model inert materials are not, in …

Chemistry is considered as one of the more promising applications to science of near-term
quantum computing. Recent work in transitioning classical algorithms to a quantum …

Molecular biology and biochemistry interpret microscopic processes in the living world in
terms of molecular structures and their interactions, which are quantum mechanical by their …

Quantum computing holds substantial potential for applications in biology and medicine,
spanning from the simulation of biomolecules to machine learning methods for subtyping …

Having made significant advancements in understanding living organisms at various levels
such as genes, cells, molecules, tissues, and pathways, the field of life sciences is now …

The recent biotechnological progress has allowed life scientists and physicians to access an
unprecedented, massive amount of data at all levels (molecular, supramolecular, cellular …