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The man who killed a Columbia University student in a random attack near campus over four years ago was sentenced Friday. Family members of victim Davide Giri flew in from Italy to be in the courtroom ...

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

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The radio signal first started broadcasting on February 28, about 12 hours after the United States and Israel began bombing Iran. On a scratchy shortwave signal almost twice a day -- in the early ...

Researchers have developed a chip-based quantum random number generator that provides high-speed, high-quality operation on a miniaturized platform. This advance could help move quantum random number ...

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