Very cool. We have a 3D tour of the D-Wave quantum computer here for anyone interested: https://content.dwavesys.com/WebGL/D-Wave/index.html

Sandia is doing a trapped ion quantum computer experiments? Very cool — I did not know. Good luck!

I wonder if quantum computing is possible in biological systems.

There's certainly evidence of quantum biological machinery--it is believed to be behind the efficiency of photosynthesis, for example: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180521131756.h...

And why not? Life doesn't care if a physical effect is quantum or not!

That is apparently wrong [0]. I recently heard a podcast with some of the scientists involved. They were very frustrated with how hard it had been to get any attention at all for the negative result compared with the original research.

[0] https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/14/eaaz4888.full

Thanks for sharing that!!

Is it possible that there are quantum effects in the brain too? And could that perhaps explain schizophrenia? (only half-joking)

Quantum Effects in the Brain and Mind

https://jonlieffmd.com/blog/human-brain/could-the-brain-and-...

Gravitational and Quantum Effects in Neuron Function (pdf)

http://www.davidpublisher.com/Public/uploads/Contribute/585c...