Submitted by mmsmith4 on November 19, 2007

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Teleportation

Teleportation is known to most of us who have ever watched Star Trek. But how could the highly complex matter which makes up our bodies actually be broken down and transmitted in this way? Research has taken a step closer in recent months with the announcement that a photon of light has been successfully teleported from one location to another. The researchers involved said they had teleported a beam of light across a laboratory bench. They did not physically transport the beam itself, but transmitted its properties to another beam, creating a replica of the first beam. Such Quantum teleportation allows information to be transmitted at the speed of light - the fastest speed possible -...

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