Scientists teleport info 90 miles across islands
Quantum teleportation is reaching greater distances, and hopes are high that satellites will be able to use the technology.
(Credit: ESA)
European and Canadian scientists are pushing the envelope on quantum teleportation after having succeeded in beaming quantum states across some 90 miles in the Canary Islands.
The laser-locked telescopes on the islands of La Palma and Tenerife served as transporter rooms, teleporting information about the state of a pair of "entangled" particles.
The entanglement links the particles such that a change in one is registered in the other despite great distances between them.
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