Charles H Bennett and Gilles Brassard's work, which dates back to 1984, is known as quantum cryptography and has redefined secure communication and computing, the award's body said. Scientists believe their work will be central to electronic communications in a world that depends heavily on data sharing, but which for years has been trying to develop more powerful quantum computers. The Turing Award, named after the mathematician and code breaker Alan Turing, is known as the Nobel...
