Qunatum computing is an ever emerging field, which isn't fully developed yet, but scientists predict that sometime in the next 25 years, a Quantum revloution can happen. A Quantum computer is a computer that is very powerfull computer, way more powerfull than your average laptop or pc, which can be as big as a room or as big as a car. Qunatum computers store an process data completely different than the computers that we're used to. A Google computer with 53 quibits, the basic unit of quantum computation, did a calculation, that would take the worlds largest super computer 10,000 years, in little over 3 minutes.
A computer works by using bits, the smallest form of data, to send messages using 1's and 0's to send messages the the CPU. The 1 is for on nd 0 is for off, the 1's ad 0's can be combined to make letters, words and phrases. But a Quantum Computer is completely different. A quantum computer uses qubits, which is the quantum version of bits, to harness quatum mechanical phenomena to manipluate informaion.
Currently at the Univeristy of Sussex, in Brigton, England, the quantum physicists team have created a new algorithm that speeds up the rate of calculations in early quantum computers. They have figured out a new way to rout the ions (Charged atoms) around the quantum computer to boost the effiency of the calcuations. The new algorithm basically "regulates the traffic" like in a busy city, such as New York, or LA, so that the Ions can be physically transported over long distances to interact with qubits. Thier new algorithm allow for the prevention "trafic jams," which allows for a more powerful quantum computer.