China and SA create the world’s longest quantum communications link

Published Apr 15, 2025, 2:25 PM

Researchers from South Africa and China have set a new world record in quantum communication. With their combined efforts, they successfully connected the two countries over 12, 900km in an experiment conducted in October last year.

GUEST: Dr Yaseera Ismail, Head of the QuPhotonics Lab @Stellenbosch University within the Physics Department