Researchers have developed a method for generating numbers guaranteed to be random, through the use of quantum mechanics. The experimental technique surpasses all previous methods for ensuring the ...

Determining the relative abundance of two different molecular species or the absolute number of molecules in a single sample is challenging. We describe an absolute counting method that can use ...

Approach involves generating a Unique Molecular Identifier prior to amplification. Scientists at the Karolinska Institutet and University of Helsinki have devised a method for counting individual RNA ...

Lotteries, accidents and rolls of dice — the world around us is full of unpredictable events. Yet generating a truly random series of numbers for encryption has remained a surprisingly difficult task.

To simulate chance occurrences, a computer can’t literally toss a coin or roll a die. Instead, it relies on special numerical recipes for generating strings of shuffled digits that pass for random ...

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and CU Boulder have developed a method for generating numbers guaranteed to be random by quantum mechanics. Described in the ...