China launched the world’s first quantum satellite on Tuesday, state media reported, in an effort to harness the power of particle physics to build an “un-hackable” system of encrypted communications.

The launch took place at 1:40 am in the southwestern Gobi Desert, the official Xinhua news service said, and comes as the US, Japan and others also seek to develop applications for the burgeoning technology.

Beijing has poured enormous resources into the race, one of several cutting edge projects the world’s second largest economy has pursued as part of its massive national investment in advanced scientific research, on everything from asteroid mining to gene manipulation.

The satellite — nicknamed Micius after a 5th century BC Chinese philosopher and scientist — will be used in experiments intended to prove the viability of quantum technology to communicate over long distances.

It will also further investigations into some of the more unusual properties of sub-atomic particles, including “quantum entanglement”, Xinhua said.

The term describes what Albert Einstein described as the “spooky” phenomenon of particles exerting influence on each other at a distance, including the ability for paired particles to mirror each other at faster-than-light speeds.

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While Buhari is looking for oil

Other nations are advancing in technology and we are busy searching for oil in the desert. I no kno why God put me for this kind country. To hell with PDP and APC and their cohorts.

coolzeal:
Other nations are advancing in technology and we are busy searching for oil in the desert. I no kno why God put me for this kind country. To hell with PDP and APC and their cohorts.

Ehn.... My brother just take it easy.

Nigeria will evolve for better one day.

We are black and our mentality is dark and as a result, we think and reason in the dark.

OjukwuWarBird:
While Buhari is looking for oil

lwkmd

The sun will rise someday