Quantum technologies are no longer just physics experiments. they’re beginning to scale into real-world infrastructure.

In this episode of Deep, Ben Kaplan sits down with Prineha Narang, Professor of Physical Sciences and Electrical & Computer Engineering, and the Howard Reiss Chair at UCLA, to explore how quantum computing, sensing, and networks are moving from lab demos into data centers, cities, and even healthcare.

Narang explains how quantum simulations could accelerate drug discovery and new materials, why quantum sensors may transform everything from bioaerosol detection to medical diagnostics, and how quantum networks promise physics-grade security.

She also unpacks the interplay between quantum and AI, the race to make systems more energy-efficient, and why scaling access, not just scaling hardware, may be the real breakthrough.

If you want to understand how quantum leaps are beginning to reshape science, security, and industry, this conversation goes beyond the hype.