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Quantum teleportation used to send 3D information for the first time

By Leah Crane

21 August 2019

Artist's impression of two quantum particles

Quantum teleportation depends on particles being entangled according to the laws of quantum theory

ELLA MARU STUDIO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Quantum teleportation has made a leap up in complexity. Physicists have teleported more information at once than has ever been possible before, paving the way for a global quantum internet that would be extraordinarily secure from hacking.

This is not teleportation as you might imagine it from science fiction. Rather than transporting matter through space, it involves moving information about the quantum state of a particle.

So far, scientists have only been able to teleport quantum bits, or qubits, the simplest…

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