China Achieves Quantum Key Distribution By Satellite

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Credit: Kedo
BEIJING—Chinese scientists have taken a large step toward a theoretically secure communication technology, demonstrating quantum key distribution (QKD) between ground stations via a satellite. The ground stations were 1,120 km (700 mi.) apart, the researchers wrote in a paper published in the...
Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.

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