October 8, 2008 (Wednesday)
- For the first time the transmission of data secured by quantum cryptography is demonstrated within a commercial telecommunications network. (Physorg)
- Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien share the Nobel Prize for chemistry. (NobelPrize)
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