Researchers in Netherlands have achieved a feat in the field of quantum teleportation, which has paved the way to beam human beings from one point in space to another. Well, it would take years before the technology becomes a reality, but scientists are ecstatic with the results they have been able to derive from a new experiment published this week.

A team from the Delft University of Technology has achieved success in passing quantum data between electrons with 100% accuracy for the first time ever. Although this is only the sates of particle and only over a distance of 10 feet, but still holds significant importance for the scientific community.

"If you believe we are nothing more than a collection of atoms strung together in a particular way, then in principle it should be possible to teleport ourselves from one place to another", said team leader Professor Ronald Hanson.

He added that there is no fundamental law to prove that this couldn't work. However, a theory given by Albert Einstein does not support the recent findings of the study. Einstein's theory about entanglement, which is known as atom's ability to reliably affect another across any distance, was referred as a phenomenon not possible in quantum mechanics.

But Professor Hanson believes that entanglement is something that can be harnessed. He said that there is no doubt that Star Trek-style teleportation devices will take a long time to come into picture, but the technology could play a big role in creating an Internet many times faster and more secure than the one in existence today.

Using entanglement as a communication channel has a very large scope. What all will happen is teleportation of information to the other side without any risk of interception of that information from anyone. The entanglement system is 100% secure, added Hanson.