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Privacy-aware building automation

Researchers developed a framework to enable decentralized artificial intelligence-based building automation with a focus on privacy. The system enables AI-powered devices like cameras and interfaces to cooperate directly, using a new form of device-to-device communication. In doing so, it eliminates the need for central servers and thus the need for centralized data retention, often seen […] more…

Our DNA is at risk of hacking, warn scientists

According to new research next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS) — the same technology which is powering the development of tailor-made medicines, cancer diagnostics, infectious disease tracking, and gene research — could become a prime target for hackers. more…

New method efficiently safeguards sensitive AI training data

Researchers devised a way to maintain an AI model’s accuracy while ensuring attackers can’t extract sensitive information used to train it. The approach is computationally efficient, reducing a longstanding tradeoff between accuracy and privacy. more…

Researchers demonstrate the UK’s first long-distance ultra-secure communication over a quantum network

Researchers have successfully demonstrated the UK’s first long-distance ultra-secure transfer of data over a quantum communications network, including the UK’s first long-distance quantum-secured video call. more…

Researchers find a way to shield quantum information from ‘noise’

Researchers have discovered a way to protect quantum information from environmental disruptions, offering hope for more reliable future technologies. more…

Engineer develops new security protocol to protect miniaturized wireless medical implants from cyberthreats

Scientists recently unveiled a first-of-its-kind authentication protocol for wireless, battery-free, ultraminiaturized implants that ensures these devices remain protected while still allowing emergency access. more…

Record-breaking 12,900 km ultra-secure quantum satellite link

Scientists have successfully established the world’s longest intercontinental ultra-secure quantum satellite link, spanning 12,900 km. Using the Chinese quantum microsatellite Jinan-1, launched into low Earth orbit, this milestone marks the first-ever quantum satellite communication link established in the Southern Hemisphere. more…

Researchers combine holograms and AI to create uncrackable optical encryption system

Researchers developed a new optical system that uses holograms to encode information, creating a level of encryption that traditional methods cannot penetrate. more…

Quantum: Calculating error-free more easily with two codes

Various methods are used to correct errors in quantum computers. Not all operations can be implemented equally well with different correction codes. Therefore, a research team has developed a method and implemented it experimentally for the first time, with which a quantum computer can switch back and forth between two correction codes and thus perform […] more…

Record cold quantum refrigerator paves way for reliable quantum computers

Quantum computers require extreme cooling to perform reliable calculations. One of the challenges preventing quantum computers from entering society is the difficulty of freezing the qubits to temperatures close to absolute zero. Now, researchers have engineered a new type of refrigerator that can autonomously cool superconducting qubits to record low temperatures, paving the way for […] more…

A new paradigm for control of quantum emitters

A research team developed a new paradigm for the control of quantum emitters, providing a new method for modulating and encoding quantum photonic information on a single photon light stream. more…

New security protocol shields data from attackers during cloud-based computation

Researchers developed a technique guaranteeing that data remain secure during multiparty, cloud-based computation. This method, which leverages the quantum properties of light, could enable organizations like hospitals or financial companies to use deep learning to securely analyze confidential patient or customer data. more…

Preventing counterfeiting by adding dye to liquid crystals to create uncrackable coded tags

A research group has developed an innovative approach to creating anti-counterfeiting labels for high-value goods. Their findings enhance the security of the currently used cholesteric liquid crystals (CLCs) by adding fluorescent dyes to produce florescent CLCs (FCLCs). Using this unique technology, the group created unique labels with almost impossible-to-counterfeit security features. These advanced labels are […] more…

Toward a code-breaking quantum computer

Building on a landmark algorithm, researchers propose a way to make a smaller and more noise-tolerant quantum factoring circuit for cryptography. more…

Physicists develop new method to combine conventional internet with the quantum internet

Researchers send entangled photons and laser pulses of the same color over a single optical fiber for the first time. more…

Optical fibers fit for the age of quantum computing

A new generation of specialty optical fibers has been developed by physicists to cope with the challenges of data transfer expected to arise in the future age of quantum computing. more…

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