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

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

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

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