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Quantum teleportation demonstration by Canadian scientists lays foundation for secure Quantum Internet Posted: September 24, 2016

Einsteins "spooky action at a distance" was used by a team of Calgary physicists led by professor Wolfgang Tittel to alter the state of entangled photons separated by 6.2 Km from each other over a fibre optic network. The development and implementation of a quantum key distribution systems based on such principles promises to be the ultimate solution to Internet security issues because fundamental quantum laws cannot be compromised by any new technology. Read more at the CBC.

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