- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 19th, 2016
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
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 23rd, 2015
Linux Machines Produce Easy to Guess Random Numbers
These random numbers are later used in cryptographic tools
- Open Source Software
- By Marius Nestor
- July 16th, 2015
PackageKit 1.0.7 Is a Major Release with Portage, Entropy, and Yum Improvements
Arch Linux Package Manager and Urpm have also received fixes
- Apple & Mac Blog
- By Filip Truta
- November 26th, 2012
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
- Physics / Chemistry
- By Tudor Vieru
- July 27th, 2012
Entropy Can Be Harnessed for Assembling Nanoparticles
The phenomenon can force the particles into ordered structures
- Physics / Chemistry
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 30th, 2010
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
It is more run down than scientists first estimated
- Physics / Chemistry
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 18th, 2010
Establishing the Properties of the Universe
This can be done by analyzing the origins of complexity
- Physics / Chemistry
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 10th, 2009
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
They contribute massively to raising entropy
- Behavior/Humans
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 25th, 2009
Human Brain's Processing Speed Established
It goes no faster than 60 bits per second