The Download: Quantum computing for health, and why the world doesn’t recycle more nuclear waste

Infleqtion's quantum computer, built from atoms and light at a laboratory near Oxford, is competing next week for a $5 million prize meant to reward the first quantum system that solves real health care problems classical computers cannot handle. The competition will determine which quantum technology can deliver practical medical solutions, though organizers acknowledge there may be no winner at all. The prize represents a major milestone in quantum computing's push toward commercial utility in the health sector.