Encryption set for a quantum leap
A new method of quantum cryptography makes it possible to encode a photon with many different values (Image credit: NASA/Sonoma State University/Aurore Simonnet)
Article Summary
Quantum cryptography has been around since the 1980's but up until now only very small packets of information have been able to be encrypted at one time. Now a breakthrough that identifies the angle and rotation of photon particles is taking this technology to the next level.
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