Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin have recently captured the public's imagination because they offer an exciting alternative to traditional monetary systems.
Security
Jul 16, 2018
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Although blockchain is traditionally seen as secure, it is vulnerable to attack from quantum computers.
Quantum Physics
Jun 1, 2018
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A joint China-Austria team has performed quantum key distribution between the quantum-science satellite Micius and multiple ground stations located in Xinglong (near Beijing), Nanshan (near Urumqi), and Graz (near Vienna). ...
Quantum Physics
Jan 19, 2018
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A method of securely communicating between multiple quantum devices has been developed by a UCL-led team of scientists, bringing forward the reality of a large-scale, un- hackable quantum network.
Quantum Physics
Jan 11, 2018
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Quantum secret communication realizes secure information transmission-based on quantum principles. At present, the most developed quantum secret communication schemes are-based on quantum key distribution. In these schemes, ...
Quantum Physics
Dec 1, 2017
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Recent advances in quantum computers may soon give hackers access to machines powerful enough to crack even the toughest of standard internet security codes. With these codes broken, all of our online data—from medical ...
Quantum Physics
Nov 24, 2017
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The first quantum-safe video conference was held between President Chunli Bai of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and President Anton Zeilinger of the Austria Academy of Sciences in Vienna as the first real-world ...
Quantum Physics
Sep 29, 2017
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Canadian and US researchers have taken an important step towards enabling quantum networks to be cost-effective and truly secure from attack.
Quantum Physics
Sep 19, 2017
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Chinese researchers recently announced a landmark advancement: They used a satellite orbiting Earth to beam pairs of quantum-entangled photons to two Tibetan mountaintops more than 700 miles apart. This distance blew the ...
Other
Sep 13, 2017
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Considerable interest in new single-photon detector technologies has been scaling in this past decade. Nowadays, quantum optics and quantum information applications are, among others, one of the main precursors for the accelerated ...
Quantum Physics
Sep 6, 2017
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