Austrian Academy of Sciences

Global quantum internet dawns, thanks to China's Micius satellite

Michael Irving January 23, 2018

Quantum encryption can make data breaches literally impossible, and in a new demonstration of that kind of security, scientists have now used the Chinese satellite Micius to send quantum-encrypted data between China and Austria. That brings the world another step closer to a global quantum internet.

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Researchers grow human brains in a lab

Ben Coxworth August 29, 2013

A team at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences has succeeded in growing miniature human brains in a lab. While no one is suggesting that they could be swapped in for a patient’s existing brain, they could prove to be a boon to the field of medical research.

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