IBM partnered with leading Japanese universities and corporations in July to bring quantum computers to the workplace through applications for business, finance, and materials development. In August, University of Chicago students announced they had discovered a technique that would enable quantum states to last 10,000 times longer. Google achieved a chemistry milestone for quantum computing in September, stimulating a chemical reaction with its quantum computer and opening a path toward more possible discoveries and inventions. Although quantum technology will not reach maturity for years,...