One of the pieces of equipment for the quantum random number generator in the NIST Boulder laboratories. Very little in this life is truly random. A coin flip is influenced by the flipper’s force, its ...

These pseudo-random numbers suffice for low stakes uses like gaming, but for scientific simulations or cybersecurity, truly random numbers are important. In recent years scientists have turned to the ...

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

Quantum computers can produce randomness much more easily than previously thought, a surprising discovery that shows we still have much to learn about how the strange realm of quantum physics ...

A quantum random-number generator has been developed that uses classical cryptography to certify that its output was produced by a quantum process. A truly random number is generated by a process ...