Scientists Find New Way to Generate Random Numbers, Encryption Could Get a Boost

Scientists Find New Way to Generate Random Numbers, Encryption Could Get a Boost

University of Texas researchers find a way to merge two low-quality sources of random numbers into high-quality output

Linux Machines Produce Easy to Guess Random Numbers

Linux Machines Produce Easy to Guess Random Numbers

These random numbers are later used in cryptographic tools

PackageKit 1.0.7 Is a Major Release with Portage, Entropy, and Yum Improvements

PackageKit 1.0.7 Is a Major Release with Portage, Entropy, and Yum Improvements

Arch Linux Package Manager and Urpm have also received fixes

Entropy OS X Archiver Now Available for Cheap

Entropy OS X Archiver Now Available for Cheap

It opens everything from ZIP and RAR to 7z and TGZ, as well as 30 other formats

Entropy Can Be Harnessed for Assembling Nanoparticles

Entropy Can Be Harnessed for Assembling Nanoparticles

The phenomenon can force the particles into ordered structures

Why Atoms and Molecules Prefer Certain Assembly Patterns

Why Atoms and Molecules Prefer Certain Assembly Patterns

And disregard more symmetrical ones

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 27th, 2010
Universe Contains 30 Times More Entropy than Expected

Universe Contains 30 Times More Entropy than Expected

It is more run down than scientists first estimated

Establishing the Properties of the Universe

Establishing the Properties of the Universe

This can be done by analyzing the origins of complexity

Entropy Can Actually Create Ordered Structures

Entropy Can Actually Create Ordered Structures

Crystals form from simple shapes

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 2nd, 2009
Black Hole Behemoths May Be Destroying the Universe

Black Hole Behemoths May Be Destroying the Universe

They contribute massively to raising entropy

Human Brain's Processing Speed Established

Human Brain's Processing Speed Established

It goes no faster than 60 bits per second

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • January 19th, 2008
Black Holes Have 'Monsters'

Black Holes Have 'Monsters'

...And massive entropy