By <a href="http://www.nature.com/news/quantum-communications-leap-out-of-the-lab-1.15093#auth-1">Jane Qiu</a> -<br><br><a href="http://www.nature.com/news/quantum-communications-leap-out-of-the-lab-1.15093">Cybersecurity is a step closer to the dream of sending data securely over long distances using quantum physics — spurred by two developments.</a><br><br><a href="http://www.nature.com/news/quantum-communications-leap-out-of-the-lab-1.15093">This week, China will start installing the world’s longest quantum-communications network, which includes a 2,000-kilometre link between Beijing and Shanghai.<br></a><br><a href="http://www.nature.com/news/quantum-communications-leap-out-of-the-lab-1.15093">READ MORE ON NATURE</a>