Thanks to the internet, a wealth of information is at our fingertips – although the flipside is that sensitive data is often vulnerable to eavesdropping and theft. Quantum encryption can make that ...

On September 29, a video call took place between Beijing, the capital of China, and Vienna, the capital of Austria. This wasn’t any ordinary call, however: it was the first live demonstration of a ...

China launches the world's first quantum satellite on top of a Long March-2D rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, Northwest China's Gansu province, Aug 16, 2016.[Photo/Xinhua] ...

The first batch of data from the world's first quantum satellite was received by Chinese scientists, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said Thursday. The data was received on Wednesday by the ...

China launched its Micius satellite in 2016, and in the time since, it has accomplished a couple of remarkable feats proving the viability of quantum technology. The first of its achievements saw the ...

Recently, a team of Chinese scientists pulled off quantum teleportation from Earth to space. And a related team of Chinese scientists achieved quantum entanglement over the longest distance ever ...

In August 2016, Chinese physicists rocketed the world’s first beacon of the coming quantum internet into orbit. Instead of beaming live sports into your home, this satellite — nicknamed Micius after ...

A schematic shows how China’s Micius satellite could theoretically enable secure quantum communications. (SMOC Graphic) Chinese researchers report that they’ve set a new distance record for quantum ...

The world's first quantum communication satellite, which China is preparing to launch, has been given the moniker "Micius," after a fifth century B.C. Chinese scientist, the Chinese Academy of ...

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