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  "id": 1886657,
  "title": "Physicists Entangle Quantum Memories Across a Record-Breaking 420 Kilometers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/physicists-entangle-quantum-memories-across-a-record-breaking-420",
  "topic": "science",
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  "published": "2026-08-19T07:00:00.000Z",
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    "url": "https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/19/0133228/physicists-entangle-quantum-memories-across-a-record-breaking-420-kilometers"
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  "summary": "alternative_right shares a report from Phys.org: Optical fibers are already the backbone of global communication systems. Recently, however, physicists have started to explore how their functionality could be boosted further by conveying information via entangled quantum particles -- potentially enabling instantaneous exchanges of information across vast distances. Such a system could eventually…",
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        "outlet": "Phys.org",
        "title": "Physicists entangle quantum memories across a record-breaking 420 km",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/physicists-entangle-quantum-memories-across-a-record-breaking-420-km",
        "published": "2026-08-18T19:30:01.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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