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Quantum computers can simulate the behaviour of high-energy particlesGoogle Quantum AI, designed by Sayo Studio Quantum computers are beginning to become powerful tools for studying some of the most fundamental forces in the universe – and some of the trickiest to understand. Two experiments have used them to pave a new way forward for nuclear and particle physics. “We have this sort of grand scheme where we eventually want to do quantum computing for high-energy physics,” says Torsten Zache at the University of Innsbruck in Austria. “There’s a strong consensus that large-scale quantum computers will actually be able to solve problems that are otherwise intractable.” He and his colleagues used a quantum computer to simulate how excited particles – those with lots ...

Nicholas Britton’s passion for energy policy began at Dartmouth College, where he majored in environmental studies and helped support the campus’s energy transition. Through fieldwork and research, from New Hampshire to Southern Africa to Washington, D.C., Britton developed a focus on equitable energy access as a means to serve both environmental and social goals. Now a student in the Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy (MPA-ESP) program, which is offered by Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs in partnership with the Columbia Climate School, Britton is driven by the belief that equitable energy access is a fundamental human right and a powerful lever for climate and equity solutions. He shares more about this outlook and his experiences ...