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Researchers at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) claim to have developed a new and faster method for detecting and measuring the
NIST is releasing the first set of what it’s calling the Moonlight Radiometric Reference Dataset, a trove of data so precise that it could change the way we see
Researchers at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have improved their atomic clock based on a trapped aluminium ion, to the extent
In a landmark achievement for metrology, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have unveiled an enhanced ion clock that sets a
A clock built by a team led by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been estimated to be 41 percent more accurate than
If, like me, you can't go a day without making sure your watch is synced to the second, you'll be delighted to learn that a new atomic clock has broken the
In a groundbreaking advancement for timekeeping, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed the world's most accurate
A groundbreaking aluminum-ion-based clock developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) achieves unprecedented precision, promising to
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the United States have developed the world’s most accurate clock ever recorded
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has achieved a new world record for the most accurate clock, with its aluminum ion clock now capable
Cybersecurity professionals have long worried that the eventual introduction of useful, fault-tolerant quantum computers will make modern encryption keys
NIST’s CURBy beacon transforms quantum “spooky action” into certified random numbers, guarded by a blockchain-like Twine protocol and broadcast for public use
Randomness is a useful resource. Random numbers are a key ingredient in cryptography, statistical analysis, computer simulation, and (more obviously) lotteries
Researchers at ICFO in Barcelona, Spain, worked with spinout QuSide to developed a fast quantum random number generators that is being used the US National
NIST and the University of Colorado Boulder have created a public service that delivers random numbers using quantum mechanics. Called the Colorado University
Looking for a good random number? NIST has you covered. According to a NIST report last week, NIST and its partners at the University of Colorado Boulder have
The latest data released by CyberSeek (a joint initiative of NICE, a program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology focused on advancing
“NICE has been actively engaging in conversations with: federal departments and agencies; industry; education, training, and certification providers; and
Random number generation is a serious matter in modern computing. Most systems rely on a purely hardware-based approach to RNG, but the process is essentially
Researchers have built a breakthrough random number generator that solves a critical problem: for the first time, every step of creating random numbers can be