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NOVA  Quantum Confidential

Learn how to send top-secret messages using quantum mechanics. Details

 

Program: NOVA

Episode: Quantum Confidential

If you were a spy, how could you ensure that an encrypted message got safely to your allies? Send it using entangled particles! Here, watch how a technique called quantum cryptography could save a state secret from falling into enemy hands.

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Duration: (2:18)
Premiere Date: 11/01/2011
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: NR


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