Cambridge physicists have come up with a new way to build a secure Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) network that could extend the technology’s range beyond 500km for the first time.
Source: sophos.com
Researchers have come up with a way to generate truly random numbers using quantum mechanics. The method uses photons to generate a string of random ones and zeros, and leans on the laws of physics to prove that these strings are truly random, rather than merely posing as random.
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In 1981, Richard Feynman suggested that a quantum computer might be able to simulate the evolution of quantum systems much better than classical computers. Except for several proof-of-principle experiments, no working quantum computer has yet been built.
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