
Quantum network joins four people together for encrypted messaging
12 December 2018
A multi-user quantum network shows that secure quantum links between several people at once could be possible using standard telecommunications equipment

12 December 2018
A multi-user quantum network shows that secure quantum links between several people at once could be possible using standard telecommunications equipment

2 May 2018
Encrypted quantum messages are limited by how far photons can stably pass through optical fibres, but they can now travel the distance between London and Paris

26 February 2018
For two people to send each other a message, it usually takes a minimum of two particles. But quantum superposition makes it possible with just one

10 July 2017
Using IBM’s cloud-based quantum computer, researchers have shown that it’s possible to create ultra-secure cheques with quantum technology

15 June 2017
Entangled photons survived transmission to locations 1200 kilometres apart on Earth, a feat that could kick off the use of quantum satellites for secure communications

26 October 2016
Using machine learning, computers have come up with codes that let them send secret messages to each other – but they’re still a long way off humans

19 September 2016
Two groups have set a new record for quantum teleportation, setting the stage for encoded communications networks that stretch between cities

19 August 2016
By placing the order of two events into a quantum superposition, physicists have probed the nature of causality

28 August 2015
A century-long debate about whether quantum mechanics described reality or masked a deeper layer, as Einstein suggested, has concluded – quantum reality won

22 July 2015
The weirdness of quantum teleportation offers a solution for getting information out of a black hole, should you have dropped something in there