The next big computing revolution

Preparing for an online start to the winter term: for more information. Researcher Christine Muschik thinks outside the box with quantum computing innovations  Computing revolutions of the past few decades have already taken us from floppy discs to an era of almost instantaneous communication in an internet-connected world. But quantum computers promise "an even bigger revolution," says Christine Muschik, a physics and astronomy professor and member of the University of Waterloo's Institute for Quantum Computing. "You could simulate, for instance, new materials," Muschik says. "You could develop better fertilizers. You could come up with new ways to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. You could design new drugs."  - The quantum superpower found in nature .