US Department of Energy behind 'unhackable' quantum network to be built in Chicago

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Principles of quantum physics ought to make experimental network unhackable

The US Department of Energy is backing a plan by scientists to create a network based on the principles of quantum physics. The idea of the experimental network, to be built in the Chicago area,...

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