The solution to this is to use what are called logical qubits, which distribute quantum information across multiple hardware qubits and allow the detection and correction of errors when they occur.

A new technical paper titled “Error Detection and Correction Codes for Safe In-Memory Computations” was published by researchers at Robert Bosch, Forschungszentrum Julich, and Newcastle University.

This provided the impetus for researchers to develop the error detection and correction codes discussed here. Without FEC the world would be quite different.

The errors were based on real events but were modified for the experimental design by an expert dialysis nurse. A total of 31 registered nurse subjects “talked aloud” as they read through the 2 cases ...