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Chinese scientists achieve major breakthrough in scalable quantum networks (www.chinadailyhk.com)
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[–] Wheaties@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago

The team successfully implemented [device-independent quantum key distribution] over 11 kilometers of fiber, extending the attainable distance approximately 3,000 times beyond previous results. They also confirmed the feasibility of generating secure keys over a distance of 100 kilometers, surpassing the prior international record by more than two orders of magnitude.

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