January 19, 2025

Photons entangled across 52-mile in Chicago

Researchers from Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago entangled photons across a 52-mile network in Chicago. The quantum loop is among the longest land-based quantum networks in USA. Argonne plans to scale this network by […]

QuintessenceLabs secures funding from In-Q-Tel

Australian-based QuintessenceLabs, a company providing quantum-cybersecurity solutions, announced today that it secured an investment from In-Q-Tel, Inc. (IQT), the non-profit strategic investor that accelerates the development and delivery of cutting-edge technologies to the national security […]

Quantum memories entangled over 50-kilometer cable

A team of Chinese researchers has succeeded in sending entangled quantum memories between buildings 20 kilometers apart and over a 50-kilometer coiled fiber cable. The first experiment was based on the use of a small […]

Scotiabank explores quantum-safe encryption

Scotiabank in Canada has begun to explore the migration to encryption methods that can keep out the hackers. The bank is already thinking about the implications for data security and moving to quantum-safe encryption methods. […]

Quantum encrypted connection between Sicily and Malta

An international team of researchers from the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) and the University of Vienna have established a quantum encrypted connection between Malta and Sicily (192 km) via a conventional submarine telecommunications cable […]

Quantum Xchange adds Post-Quantum Cryptography

Quantum Xchange, a provider of secure communications for a quantum-safe world, today announced the availability of Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) algorithms to its Phio Trusted Xchange (TX) key distribution system. Phio TX was designed to separate the […]

First all-optical, stealth encryption technology

BGN Technologies, the technology-transfer company of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), Israel, is introducing the first all-optical stealth encryption technology that will be significantly more secure and private for highly sensitive cloud-computing and data […]

Toshiba uses quantum cryptography to send genome data

Toshiba and Tohoku University have achieved what they call the world’s first use of quantum cryptography to transmit genome sequence data. The information, collected from 24 people in a Toshiba-Tohoku project, was transmitted roughly 7 km over […]