More Bang for Your Bit: Scientists Break Quantum Computing Record

Scientists from Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee have broken the efficiency record for data transfer. Using a quantum communication process known as superdense coding, they squeezed through an average 1.67 bits of data per qubit. Qubits, which is short for "quantum bits," are units of data that utilize quantum properties to store information. Image Credit:Composite Image by Yuen Yiu, staff writer, and Abigail Malate,staff illustrator for Inside Science. Fiber optic photo by Matthew.nq,...