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In theory, quantum physics can bypass the hard mathematical problems at the root of modern encryption. A new proof shows how.

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Glass is anything that’s rigid like a crystal, yet made of disordered molecules like a liquid. To understand why it exists, researchers are attempting to create the perfect, still-hypothetical “ideal… ...