Quantum computing simplifies such problems because of the dexterity of its computing bits. Rather than using the zeros and ones of binary code, quantum computers store data as qubits, multi-tasking little bits that can represent both zero and one simultaneously. Plug a system into a quantum computer and the qubits can quickly consider all possible answers by arranging its qubits into all workable arrangements of zeros and ones. This cuts the number of computations needed considerably; when done, researchers simply measure the qubits and extract their answers.