This April 14 is celebrated on World Quantum Day, a date that commemorates the first discoveries that laid the foundations of quantum mechanics, a branch of physics that completely transformed our way of understanding the world on a microscopic scale.
And while the scientific community celebrates this century of advances, Google has taken the opportunity to show how this technology begins to have concrete applicationswith enormous potential to change sectors such as medicine, energy or design of new materials.
Far from limiting themselves to theory, the American technological wanted to make visible how these new calculation capabilities could solve problems that, until now, were too complex even for the most advanced supercomdators.
It should be noted that through pilot projects and strategic collaborations, Google draws a future where quantum computers will not only complement classical computer science, but will open unpublished paths to face global challenges.
Medicine and batteries enter a new era
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One of the fields where this technology could have a real impact is the development of new medications. Molecular simulations, which today require years of tests in clinical and computational environments, could be resolved in weeks thanks to quantum computers.
The collaboration between Google and the Boehringer Ingelheim pharmaceutical: predict more precision how the molecules of a drug with the body interact, something key to customize treatments and reduce adverse effects.
But laboratories are not the only ones that will benefit, since the energy transition, which today depends largely on the development of more sustainable and efficient batteries, could also be accelerated.
The company works with BASF in the simulation of new materials such as lithium nickel oxide, an alternative to cobalt with less environmental impact but difficult to produce industrially. This is where the quantum promises to make a difference: by allowing to understand the chemistry behind the process, it opens the door to a cleaner and accessible manufacture.
And if all that already sounds ambitious, what comes next is even more disruptive. Fusion energy, a dream long persecuted by scientists around the world, It could be closer thanks to the capacity of quantum algorithms to simulate extremely complex scenarios.
Designing a stable fusion reactor requires extremely complex models that, in traditional computers, would take decades to execute. But with appropriate quantum algorithms, this could be reduced significantly.
Google, in collaboration with the National Laboratories of Sandia, has already tried theoretical models that point in that direction. The goal: Create reactors capable of generating clean, abundant and waste energy. The hope is that this combination allows to shorten the development times of an practically unlimited energy source, without emissions and more stable than solar.
The interesting thing about all this is that it is not empty promises. Although many of these applications are still in the exploration phase, real tests and strategic collaborations indicate that progress is being made.
Google not only wants to lead this race, wants to show that Quantum computing is not just a technological evolutionbut a tool capable of offering answers where we only have uncertainty today.
It is not science fiction, but neither is magic
Talking about quantum computing does not mean imagining a distant or unattainable future, but to start thinking about different solutions for problems that seem toresoluble today. It means understanding that classical computer science has limits, and that overcoming them requires looking in another direction.
The good news is that there are already concrete steps. The bad, perhaps, is that Not all advances will come immediately. But if something is clear after this World Day of Quantum is that there are companies, such as Google, which are not waiting for the quantum revolution to occur: they are already preparing it.
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