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Chess is a relatively simple game to learn but a very difficult one to master. Because the starting positions of the pieces are fixed, top players have relied on memorizing the "best" opening moves, ...

Abstract: Digital image have become the main source of human information acquisition and exchange, which is widely used in aerospace, biomedical and military fields. Therefore, to ensure the secure ...

Abstract: A 2.4-Gb/s and 1.9-fJ/bit true random number generator (TRNG) featuring a novel entropy source is presented. The proposed nested chaotic oscillator (NCO) leverages the chaotic behavior of ...

Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd and L&T Heavy Engineering have held a "flagging off" ceremony to mark the completion and dispatch of the steam generator for the second phase of the Gorakhpur ...

President Donald Trump is standing by his August 1 deadline for other countries to reach new trade agreements with the United States or face steep new tariffs on their exports. The administration has ...

Some people may be predisposed to having children of just one sex. That’s the conclusion of new findings published July 18 in Science Advances. While the chances of having a male or female child ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

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 ...

Randomness is incredibly useful. People often draw straws, throw dice or flip coins to make fair choices. Random numbers can enable auditors to make completely unbiased selections. Randomness is also ...

Summary: Random numbers help us secure everything from bank accounts to classified servers. And yet, that essential layer of security can be spoofed. New research from the Oak Ridge National ...

Applying big data principles to output from lasers with zinc oxide nanoparticles provides early clues for whether random lasers are truly random. Whether a wave traveling in a 3D random medium can ...