Cables Hold the Key to Quantum Communications
takes advantage of the laws of quantum physics to protect data. If a hacker tries to observe the data in transit, the quantum state of the photons collapses so there is evidence that a breach has occurred.An advance in the technology was announced this week when the German Aerospace Center and Ulm University demonstrated how quantum data can be securely transmitted on fiber optic cables while they attempted a cyber attack on the data. The researchers, working on the development of a quantum internet, achieved the tap-proof transmission of data using Quantum Key Distribution.It works like this: The
Students Face Off in Underwater Competition
State University; Oregon Institute of Technology; Prairie View A&M University; Project Radian; San Diego City College; San Diego State University; University of Arizona; University of California Riverside; University of Central Florida; University of Colorado Boulder; University of Florida; University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; University of Southern California; and Utah State University.International teams included: Brazil’s Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; Canada’s McGill University, University of British Columbia and University of Victoria; China’s Northwestern Polytechnical
Klein Hires Dentzman as Sales Manager
Society, Navy League, U.S. Naval Institute, American Association of Port Authorities and the Mine Warfare Association. Dentzman holds a Master of Science (MS) in Geological Oceanography from North Carolina State University and a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Geology from the University of Illinois
Meteotsunamis: An Underrated Hazard in the Great Lakes
by geography and fed by weather data like wind strength and barometric pressure. The model can provide real-time meteotsunami warnings to help mitigate the threat to property and life on the Great Lakes. In addition to researchers at UW-Madison, the team includes David Kristovich, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Eric Anderson, NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory; David Schwab, University of Michigan; and Alexander Rabinovich, Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. Funding for the project came from Wisconsin Sea Grant, the National Science Foundation
Five UC San Diego Professors Named AAAS Fellows
of UC San Diego and UC Irvine. In naming him a fellow, AAAS cited Smarr for “leadership in scientific computing, high-performance computing, and cyberinfrastructure.” Prior to joining the UC San Diego faculty in 2000, Smarr spent 20 years as a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he was also the founding director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). A fellow of the American Physical Society since 1991 and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1994, Smarr was elected a member of the National Academy of
Dolphin die-off Spurred by BP Oil Spill
, researchers found, explaining the mammals would have inhaled contaminants coming up for air near the water's surface. "These dolphins had some of the most severe lung lesions I have ever seen in wild dolphins throughout the United States," said Kathleen Colegrove, the University of Illinois-based lead veterinary pathologist for the study. Yet BP questioned whether other factors were to blame. "The data we have seen thus far, including the new study from NOAA, do not show that oil from the Deepwater Horizon accident caused an increase in dolphin mortality
Dentzman Joins Teledyne Odom Hydrographic
Richard C. Dentzman has joined the international sales team of U.S.-based Teledyne Odom Hydrographic. Dentzman has worked in numerous offshore research diving and mapping programs and has over 18 years of seafloor surveying and mapping experience. He was received a B.S. in Geology from the University of Illinois, and an M.S. degree from North Carolina State in Geological Oceanography. He previously held positions as owner and CEO of AquaMap, at Triton Elics as Manager of its East Coast Office, iXSea Inc. as its U.S. Sales Manager, Teledyne Benthos as its Business Development Manager for Acoustics
February 2025
