Solid-state quantum simulators for biochemistry (SolidQ)

Project funded by Novo Nordisk Foundation (Programmes and collaborations), grant NNF20OC0060019. Participating organisations named by the source: KU University of Copenhagen. Runs n/a to 2027-03-31. Source: OpenAIRE Graph, from the funder's project data (collected by OpenAIRE on 2025-08-01); national funding data, not CORDIS. Abstract given by the source: Quantum mechanics describes phenomena that are foreign to our everyday experience. More problematic, quantum systems are generally unmanageable on even the largest supercomputers. This has serious consequences as many important processes are fundamentally of quantum origin: protein folding is linked to diseases and energy transport processes underpin the remarkable energy efficiency of photosynthesis. These systems cannot be computed today, which is a serious roadblock for applications. SolidQ takes a radical new approach by building a specialized “quantum machine” to directly simulate complex biochemical processes. In our labs, we are constructing quantum hardware capable of controlling single quantum particles of light (photons) and matter (“designer atoms”) constituting the fundamental building blocks. By scaling up, we will perform quantum simulations of biochemical processes, thereby offering new insight into intractable quantum processes of relevance for the life sciences._x000D_

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AI-assisted summary: The SolidQ project, funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, aims to develop solid-state quantum simulators for biochemistry, focusing on simulating complex biochemical processes. It involves the University of Copenhagen and is set to run until March 31, 2027. Suggested technology pillar: simulation. Generated by AI from the public source text; it may contain errors and the original source is authoritative.