The world is a profoundly strange place. Every now and then, we put together a list with absolutely no theme, no common ...

Some problems are just too complex for brute force or perfect logic so even tech giants like Google lean on randomness to ...

Netflix's hidden genre codes bypass the algorithm entirely and drop you straight into whatever category you're actually in ...

Watching hours of “sheepdog YouTube”—competitions where trained dogs shepherd a small number of unpredictable sheep—gave ...

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

Data science and machine learning algorithms can help us form probabilistic forecasts of things like sporting events.

This paper deals with the two-dimensional strip packing problem (2D-SPP) with the order/or multi-drop and vertical stability constraints. The existing exact algorithm that solves this problem is not ...

Physicists used quantum bits to achieve perfect randomness for the first time ever. The results of their research could strengthen cryptography and other security systems.

Two quantum chips linked through a 30-meter cooled tube enabled scientists to create certified perfectly random numbers.ETH Zurich Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a method to generate what ...

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 ...

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 ...

The orderly flow of information around the globe depends a lot on security, and at the heart of that security is randomness. Modern-day encryption relies on unpredictability to avoid being cracked, ...