Quantum communication takes a new twist

Delicate entanglement between photon pairs preserved over long distance

TWISTED MESSAGE  A radar tower at the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics in Vienna was used to beam photons imparted with a twist to a detector three kilometers away.

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Communications of the future may be securely encoded in light that is twisted like fusilli pasta.