Nanoscale device employs magnetic tunnel junctions to convert thermal noise into binary signals for random number generation.

Eeny, meeny, miny, mo, catch a tiger by the toe – so the rhyme goes. But even children know that counting-out rhymes like this are no help at making a truly random choice. Perhaps you remember when ...

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Adding numbers to your passwords makes them more secure. In fact, most sites and services these days require alphanumeric passwords at the very least. Some people ...

The Mariners lead in the American League West with a three-game margin and are now achingly close to a division title. And if they clinch that this week, it will be their first division title since ...

Google launched the Nano Banana image generator in late August, and it's been building momentum through word of mouth ever since. The new model, officially dubbed Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, actually shot ...

A ruling on a dispute over shortening “groceries” to “grosh.” Sarah writes: My husband shortens words. Groceries become “grosh,” uterus is “utes,” the Spanish word for sandals (chanclas) is “chanks.” ...

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While 2021’s Lost in Random was far from a roguelike, the team behind the adventure game always knew its zany world and dice-based gameplay would be a great fit for the fast-paced, combat-focused ...

The chart-topping Japanese act recently performed at 88Rising’s SoCal music festival, Head in the Clouds. By Nicole Fell Assistant Editor Japanese trio Number_i is outright earnest about the way they ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Very little in this life is truly random. A coin flip is ...

A team including CU PREP researchers and scientists from CU Boulder and NIST have built the first random number generator using quantum entanglement to produce verifiable random numbers. Dubbed CURBy, ...