The enigma machine takes a quantum leap
Tuesday, September 6, 2016 - 15:41
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers at the University of Rochester have moved beyond the theoretical in demonstrating that an unbreakable encrypted message can be sent with a key that’s far shorter than the message — the first time that has ever been done. Until now, unbreakable encrypted messages were transmitted via a system envisioned by American mathematician Claude Shannon, […]