first off, links
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/29/220222http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1874760,00.htmlexcerpts
"Scientists "Teleport" Quantum Information One Meter"
"While we may not be beaming up to the Enterprise anytime soon, a team of scientists from the University of Maryland and the University of Michigan have managed to teleport information between two atoms up to a meter apart. Until this point, only very tiny distances were able to be traveled. However, using a complicated system of photons, ions, lasers, and electromagnetics, scientists have managed to 'teleport' information contained on one atom to another atom that is in a separate sealed container.
now go read!