A study on quantum communication made by Chinese scientists will receive the 2018 Newcomb Cleveland Prize as it laid the groundwork for ultra-secure communication networks of the future.

 

中国科学家一项关于量子通讯的研究将获2018纽科姆·克利夫兰奖，该研究为未来的超安全通讯网奠定了基础。

 

The American Association for the Advancement¹ of Science (AAAS) announced Thursday that a team of 34 Chinese physicists² led by Pan Jianwei with the University of Science and Technology of China had won the award that will be delivered on Feb. 14.

 

This is the first time that a Chinese team wins the prize with its home-grown research.

 

Pan and his Chinese colleagues used a satellite called Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS) or Micius to send entangled³ photon pairs through the near-vacuum of space, measuring the quantum keys at receiving stations over 1,200 kilometers apart.

 

Scientists found that when two entangled particles are separated, one particle can somehow affect the action of the far-off twin instantly, which is what Albert Einstein described as a "spooky action at a distance."

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