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Quantum Mechanics Might Be a Secret Key to Secure Communication

Quanta Science Podcast by Quanta Magazine

Apr 28, 202627:05Science & Medicine

Together, Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard figured out how to use the laws of quantum physics to keep secret messages safe from eavesdroppers. Their efforts have earned them one of the highest awards in computing and...

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Quantum Mechanics Might Be a Secret Key to Secure Communication is an episode from Quanta Science Podcast by Quanta Magazine. Together, Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard figured out how to use the laws of quantum physics to keep secret me...

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Published Apr 28, 2026, 27:05 long, audio available.