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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

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,

Two CivE Professors work to improve transit in Mecca

Eric Miller and Amer Shalaby from the Department of Civil Engineering are part of a worldwide group of transport engineers working with the Hajj Center of Research Excellence to find solutions