Encryption systems rely on “random” numbers, but conventional computers can’t generate them perfectly. New research shows that quantum physics can. By Alexander Nazaryan Researchers in Switzerland ...

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Parents facing genetic diseases, farmers battling drought, and patients fighting malaria now have new hope thanks to CRISPR. This groundbreaking gene-editing technology, pioneered by UC scientists, is ...

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