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  "id": 3036299,
  "title": "New free-space optical link adds a wireless component to the nation's longest quantum network",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/new-free-space-optical-link-adds-a-wireless-component-to-the-nations",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-24T13:43:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-free-space-optical-link-wireless.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "There's a new lighthouse on Long Island. But instead of shining light to guide ships through waterways, this one transmits and receives particles of light that carry quantum information. Perched atop a seven-story building at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, the \"Quantum Lighthouse\" is a key pillar of the free-space optical (FSO) link spanning Brookhaven Lab,…",
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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."
}