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Quantum Cryptography Gets Nanotube Boost

Posted by timothy on from the sending-secret-stuff dept.

c1ay writes "In an article at the ScienceDaily News it is reported that two researchers at the University of Rochester have discovered a new property of carbon nanotubes, ideal photon emission. "The emission bandwidth is as narrow as you can get at room temperature," says Lukas Novotny, professor of optics at Rochester and co-author of the study. Such a narrow and steady emission can make such fields as quantum cryptography and single-molecule sensors a practical reality. RSA and Elliptic Curve wouldn't stand a chance against this unbreakable encryption."

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  1. GARA - Geeks Against RIAA Amnesty by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Are you a geek?

    Are you against RIAA Amnesty?

    Are you a geek against RIAA Amnesty?

    1. Re:GARA - Geeks Against RIAA Amnesty by Tongo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      GARIAA

      <BR>
      That sounds like some new form of VD or something.

  2. Re:No cryptography is unbreakable... by nacturation · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Heh..."tardmuffin" is a funny word. :-)

    "pusmuffin" is funnier.

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  3. Re:KARMA WHORE!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is a sentance.

  4. GARA - Geeks Against RIAA Amnesty by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Are you a geek? Are you against RIAA Amnesty? Are you a geek against RIAA Amnesty?

  5. Re:KARMA WHORE!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you care too much about karma.
    so what if he gets points?

  6. Re:it slices, it dices by Linker3000 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But can they stop the viagra and enlargement ads?

    Could they be programmed to tunnel through the Internet, seek out and bind to the sender in a way that makes them instantly the most attractive object to, say, any and all lightning discharges within a 1000 mile radius - it would look kinda like Neo when he took the red pill and then looked in the mirror.

    Bwahahahaha

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  7. Re:it slices, it dices by chiddiscokid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    they make lousy spel chekers

  8. Re:KARMA WHORE!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yeah who gives a fuck about karma anyway you ppl need to go out and get a life, both the whore and the whiner

  9. Re:it slices, it dices by hplasm · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wait till they start putting them in shampoo and ati-wrinkle cream.

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  10. Re:it slices, it dices by hashwolf · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I still haven't managed to get a date by using nanotubes.
    Way to go, nanotubes.

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