An American physicist and Canadian computer scientist devised a way to keep secrets safe from hackers

An American physicist and Canadian computer scientist received the A.M. Turing Award on Wednesday for their groundbreaking work on quantum key cryptography.
Physics World

Quantum physicists Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard win $1m Turing Award

Charles Bennett (left) and Gilles Brassard introduced the BB84 protocol the uses the principles of quantum mechanics to send ...

ACM A.M. Turing Award Honors Charles H. Bennett and Gilles Brassard for Foundational Contributions to Quantum Information Science

ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today named Charles H. Bennett and Gilles Brassard as the recipients of the ...
Nature

Influence of laser chirp and interferometer delay and imbalance on the performance of a time-bin BB84 quantum key distribution system

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...