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Besides there being less interference than at radio waves, optical and infrared lasers also support quantum encryption — what's known as QKD, or quantum key distribution, in which the key to encrypting the data is encoded into the quantum superposition of the photons.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was flying over Bulgaria on Monday when the aircraft’s GPS system was hit with an overwhelming radio wave, disrupting its use.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2025
From its earliest days, ESPN was seemingly ubiquitous, available on cable TV 24 hours a day, then on your computer, across the country’s radio waves, in the form of a magazine, and eventually as a constant companion on your phone.
—Laura Gentile, Sportico.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Some previous fast radio bursts appear to have come from magnetars, or highly magnetized rotating neutron stars that release radio waves.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was flying over Bulgaria on Monday when the aircraft’s GPS system was hit with an overwhelming radio wave, disrupting its use.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2025
From its earliest days, ESPN was seemingly ubiquitous, available on cable TV 24 hours a day, then on your computer, across the country’s radio waves, in the form of a magazine, and eventually as a constant companion on your phone.
—Laura Gentile, Sportico.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Some previous fast radio bursts appear to have come from magnetars, or highly magnetized rotating neutron stars that release radio waves.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Radio wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radio%20wave. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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radio wave
noun
ra·dio wave
ˈrād-ē-ō-ˌwāv 
: an electromagnetic wave with radio frequency
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