RAM Group, Singaporean based technology firm, has announced a new breakthrough in biometric authentication based on a novel quantum-state sensor that exploits quantum mechanical properties to perform biometric authentication. These new ...
(Phys.org)—In 2012,a team of physicists from Germany proposed a scheme for realizing a nanoscale heat engine composed of a single ion.Like a macroscale heat engine,the theoretical nanoscale version can convert heat into mechanical ...
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Los Alamos National Labs, the famous US government laboratory founded in 1943 to develop the atomic bomb, has been operating a "quantum internet" for two-and-a-half years, the organisation has revealed. A quantum internet system ...
In a development that could make the advanced form of secure communications known as quantum cryptography more practical, University of Michigan researchers – supported by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) - have demonstrated a ...
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A Los Alamos National Laboratory quantum cryptography (QC) team says it successfully completed the first-ever demonstration of securing control data for electric grids using quantum cryptography. Quantum cryptography provides a means of ...
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Researchers in Singapore and Norway have teamed up to create a device that can crack quantum key distribution(QKD),a technique for securing digital communication originally designed to foil hackers. QKD allows two remote parties to ...
Scientists from the University of Bristol have developed a quantum silicon chip that they say guarantees"absolute security"for computers and smartphones.The technology could be available commercially in less than five years. Unlike ...
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