Orion, for example, operates near absolute zero, and previous attempts to build single-photon detectors have suffered similar constraints.

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They used single-photon detectors to make it easier to detect teleported information.

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The patients underwent single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) before and after immunization.

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This combination of assured single-photon emission at high rates driven by power no different from a battery, Dr Hoefling said, brings QKD much closer to commercial application.

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Notably, this revision adds a shutter button along the right edge of the handset, although like the Photon, it's only a single-stage mechanism, which is quite a bummer.

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