A team of computer scientists using quantum computing methods has, for the first time, generated a truly random number, they report in the journal Nature. By now you're asking yourself, what is ...

Every time we check our email, Weissman explained, “your computer and the server are doing a complicated dance involving 300-digit prime numbers. Their properties are crucial to data security on a ...

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It can, in theory, make encryption much more secure, or ensure that processes such as jury selection are truly fair. Such certification it turns out, is as tricky as generating the random number. It ...