A visitor takes photos of an Origin Wukong superconducting quantum computer model at the 2024 World Manufacturing Convention in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Sept. 20, 2024. (Xinhua/Huang Bohan) ...

Researchers from China and South Africa have used a low-cost microsatellite and portable ground stations to create the world’s longest quantum communication ... a vast network of [optical ...

Our results lay the foundation for practical and large-scale quantum communication ... based quantum network. This achievement is a joint effort of research institutions in China — including ...

Features: Quantum communication is evolving through QKD and hybrid networks, yet faces major challenges in global regulation, infrastructure, and commercial viability.

Researchers have broken a distance record in quantum communication ... 13,000 km from China to South Africa, using a cheap, lightweight ‘microsatellite’. Quantum network is step towards ...

However, no one has created a large, long-distance network combining QKD, entanglement, and regular data transmission until now.

This image illustrates the three-satellite constellation based on the Distant Retrograde Orbit (DRO) in the Earth-moon space. (Technology and Engineering ...

China sent a new communication technology test satellite into space on Friday, state-run media reported. The satellite was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern ...