Beam me up, Scotty! Scientists teleport photons 300 miles into space
by Hannah Devlin from on (#2W9PJ)
Star Trek tech is still way off but successful test of quantum entanglement at Earth-space distance boosts hope for building an unhackable quantum internet
Chinese scientists have teleported an object from Earth to a satellite orbiting 300 miles away in space, in a demonstration that has echoes of science fiction.
The feat sets a new record for quantum teleportation, an eerie phenomenon in which the complete properties of one particle are instantaneously transferred to another - in effect teleporting it to a distant location.
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