Encryption systems rely on “random” numbers, but conventional computers can’t generate them perfectly. New research shows that quantum physics can.

Researchers in Switzerland claim to have built a perfect random number generator from two quantum superconducting chips, a 30-meter-long pipe, and some software. The resulting device could be used to ...

Creating perfect randomness is surprisingly difficult. Even modern random number generators never generate completely ideal random numbers: small systematic errors can result in some numbers appearing ...

Perfect randomness sounds simple, until you try to make it. A die can be polished, balanced and rolled thousands of times.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Andreas Wallraff and Renato Renner (f.l.t.r.) next to the 30-meter link connecting two quantum chips. Using this experiment, ETH ...

Even the most modern random number generators do not produce perfectly random numbers, which can be a problem for cryptographic applications. ETH Zurich researchers use entangled superconducting ...

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a method to generate what they describe as “perfect” random numbers using quantum physics, a breakthrough that could strengthen encryption systems and digital ...

Researchers have, for the first time, created certifiably perfect random numbers using a quantum experiment. These can be used, for instance, for encrypting messages. (Nanowerk News) Creating perfect ...

Physicists used quantum bits to achieve perfect randomness for the first time ever. The results of their research could ...