Researchers at Los Alamos are using radio waves to carry out an experiment in quantum computing. By using radio waves to manipulate atoms like so many quantum abacus beads, the Los Alamos scientists will coax a molecule called crotonic acid into executing a simple computer program. The researchers are aiming for a computer that can carry out a calculation involving 10 atoms which would result in an invisibly tiny computer that can carry out 1,024 (210) calculations at the same time.