HQS and Quantinuum recover a molecule’s spectral fingerprint on quantum hardware

Verdict: MONITOR

A 42-qubit experiment reproduced details missed by earlier quantum runs; It still has not beaten the best classical methods.

Reviewed, edited and approved by Joerg Germann, Editor · Editorial method

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