Posts Tagged: international

Conflicting Theories on Explosion at Mexican Hotel

There are conflicting theories on what caused a powerful blast that tore through a lounge in a busy Playa del Carmen resort on Nov. 14, killing seven people including five Canadians. From the start, Mexico’s state prosecutor and local officials…

Quantum Cryptography is Made Safer Through Hacking

One of the fundamental tenets of quantum mechanics is that measuring a physical system always disturbs it. If the system in question is a message in a series of digital bits encoded in the polarisation of light, this means that…

World Cup Security Using Physics to Outwit Hackers

South African physicists are using quantum cryptography to encrypt messages and data networks between Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium and police headquarters during the World Cup. The system, which uses particles of light, or photons, instead of math functions, is an…
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