Researchers from the University of Glasgow and the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory say they have developed a supercooled detector platform capable of detecting single photons. It uses a new form of cooling technology developed for space astronomy, but which could allow superconducting detectors to be used in cancer treatments, driverless cars and practical quantum communications. ...

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