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A Chinese team has transmitted quantum-encrypted images a record 12,900 kilometres.
Researchers have broken a distance record in quantum communication by sending a secret encryption key nearly 13,000 km from China to South Africa, using a cheap, lightweight ‘microsatellite’.
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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-00581-7
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