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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Long-Distance Quantum Message May Advance Code Making, Code Breaking


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A telescope on Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, was the receiver in an experiment that sent quantum messages farther than ever before.

Tenerife was chosen for the research for much the same reason it was selected to house a telescope—its high altitude and extremely clean air.

Photograph by ESA