The Year of the Eulsa is the Year of Quantum Technology!...Commercialization of quantum computers and quantum communication is approaching.

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The United Nations has designated 2025 as the Year of Quantum Science and Technology to mark the 100th anniversary of quantum mechanics this year.

Quantum mechanics is still a difficult concept, but quantum technology is expected to become a key scientific field that affects society as a whole, such as climate change and energy.

Reporter Lim Neul-sol, a quantum technology who will lead the Eulsa year, introduces it.

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a square that fits in one's hand

The object, which is smaller than a smartphone, is Google's new quantum computer chip 'Willow'.

Google's new quantum chip has greatly reduced the error rate, which was a disadvantage of quantum computers, raising expectations for error-free algorithms even in large-scale quantum computers.

Quantum computers use quantum superposition, which can have states of 0 and 1 at the same time, to perform complex operations.

In addition, it can analyze and process data with many variables at the same time, shortening artificial intelligence learning time and using it in various fields such as finance, logistics, and new drug development.

[Jeong Jae-ho / Head of Quantum Business at Yonsei University Convergence Science and Technology Institute: When quantum computing technology is combined with artificial intelligence technology, we think that it will greatly improve the productivity of the new drug development industry, as well as find substances that can control protein function.]

This year is the 'World Quantum Science and Technology Year' set by the United Nations.German physicist Werner Heisenberg laid the foundation for quantum mechanics in 1925, and this year marks the 100th anniversary of quantum mechanics.

Quantum mechanics, which remained in the realm of theory, is gradually taking place in reality with the development of experimental equipment.

Last year, a research team at Harvard University succeeded in demonstrating quantum communication from 35 kilometers away.

In addition, in the field of quantum science, we are trying to develop medical imaging and diagnostic technologies using sensors.

[Yoon Chun-joo / ETRI Quantum Technology Research Headquarters: Quantum communication allows communication that cannot be eavesdropped or hacked. Quantum sensing technology can overcome measurement limitations such as accuracy and precision that are not previously detected.]

increasingly important quantum technology

This year's CES, where the world's latest technologies gather, is also paying attention to quantum technology, preparing for the first conference in the field of quantum computing.

I'm YTN Science Lim Neul-sol.

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