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World first for sending data using quantum cryptography

World first for sending data using quantum cryptography

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 08, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (64) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time the transmission of data secured by quantum cryptography is demonstrated within a commercial telecommunications network. 41 partners from 12 European countries, including ...





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Cryptographic voting debuts

Cryptographic voting debuts

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last week, in Takoma Park, Md., a new cryptographic voting system that could ensure accurate vote counts was used for the first time in a real election. MIT’s Ron Rivest, the Viterbi Professor ...


First quantum cryptographic data network demonstrated

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 28, 2006 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (38) | comments 0

A joint collaboration between Northwestern University and BBN Technologies of Cambridge, Mass., has led to the first demonstration of a truly quantum cryptographic data network. By integrating quantum noise protected data ...


Air Force grant to tighten online encryption

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer scientist Rafael Pass is seeking new approaches to cryptographic security with a $600,000, five-year grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.


Cyber hacking could be a thing of the past

Cyber hacking could be a thing of the past

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- High-profile websites are constantly under threat from hackers attempting to paralyse their websites but new research could make such attacks computationally impossible. This research will ...


Researchers unite to distribute quantum keys

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Researchers from across Europe have united to build the largest quantum key distribution network ever built. The efforts of 41 research and industrial organisations were realised as secure, quantum encrypted information ...


Trust in global computing

Trust in global computing

Technology / Software

created Jul 12, 2006 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Access to distributed mobile resources by software agents of all types promises much for global computing. But it suffers from the same security and trust problems as the internet itself. Now new tools and ...


Most radiation oncologists utilize advanced medical imaging techniques, study suggests

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A recent study shows that 95 percent of radiation oncologists use advanced imaging techniques such as positron emission tomography (FDG-PET), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and 4-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT) ...


Encryption and Smart Card Technology Leaders Develop Identifier-Based Encryption for Portable Formats

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created Apr 26, 2005 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Researchers from HP Laboratories and STMicroelectronics have collaborated with card manufacturer Incard to develop technology for the implementation of Identifier-Based Encryption (IBE) on smart cards. A demonstration of ...


Maintaining cryptographic security in the quantum age

Maintaining cryptographic security in the quantum age

Nanotechnology /

created Dec 23, 2004 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Behind the scenes, cryptographic technologies underpin a great deal of the security that we take for granted. Yet with ever more powerful computers, the encryption and decryption methods that underpin secure ...


NEC Integrates NanoBridge in the Cu Interconnects of Si LSI

NEC Integrates NanoBridge in the Cu Interconnects of Si LSI

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

NEC Corporation, in collaboration with the National Institute of Materials Science, today announced the successful integration of NanoBridge, a solid electrolyte non-volatile crossbar switch, in Cu interconnects ...



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