Proof of randomness builds future of digital security | Katherine Q. Ye

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Dec. 22, 2017 (Phys.org) -- In an effort to block emerging threats to online security, researchers at Princeton University have developed a method to verify the strength of ...

The 'secret' movement of quantum particles | David Arvidsson-Shukur

Credit: Robert Couse-Baker Dec. 22, 2017 (Phys.org) -- Researchers from the University of Cambridge have taken a peek into the secretive domain of quantum mechanics. In a theoretical paper published ...

New study visualizes motion of water molecules, promises new wave of electronic devices | Takeshi Egami

An Oak Ridge National Laboratory-led research team used a sophisticated X-ray scattering technique to visualize and quantify the movement of water molecules in space and time, which provides new insi ...

Hidden Genetic Variation Helps Drive Evolution | Mahul Chakraborty

First author Mahul Chakraborty looks through several specimens of fruit flies to identify new phenotypes. Credit: UCI Dec. 22, 2017 (Phys.org) -- Identifying complex mutations in the structure of an ...

Columbia Journalism Review names VTDigger leading news nonprofit | Anne Galloway

Anne Galloway -- VTDigger Dec 13 2017 Dear Readers: In an article published on Friday, the Columbia Journalism Review cited VTDigger as a national model for local nonprofit investigative news. David ...

Nuclear War Made Personal | Emanuele Corso

Torun panorama. By Pko. (CC-BY-SA-3.0 or CC BY-SA 2.5-2.0-1.00), via Wikimedia Commons Emanuele Corso -- World News Trust Nov. 15, 2017 This happened and it points out quite candidly how small the wo ...

The One Drop Fallacy | John Michael Greer

©2017 ClipartPanda.comNov. 15, 2017 (EcoSophia.net) -- Last month, in the process of exploring the awkward fact that most people in today’s industrial world have never learned how to think, I talked ...

Art masterpiece found in treasure-laden tomb of Bronze Age Greek warrior | Shari Stocker, Jack Davis

The tiny sealstone depicting warriors in battle measures just 1.4 inches across but contains incredible detail. Credit: University of Cincinnati Nov. 6, 2017 (Phys.org) -- In the more than two years ...

A Pacifier Nation and Governance by Chaos, or How To Destroy a Social Contract | Emanuele Corso

Image Emaniuele Corso -- World News Trust Sept. 23, 2017 This is the first installment of several on the American Social Contract. Here is a perfect example of the kind of mentality we are dealing wi ...

Porcupines And The Social Contract | Emanuele Corso

Snake that swallowed a porcupine. Lake Eland Game Reserve FacebookEmanuele Corso -- World News Trust Nov. 6, 2018 Sometime back there was an image on the internet of a snake that had swallowed a porc ...

Astronomers capture first visiting object from outside our solar system | Alan Fitzsimmons

Credit: Queen's University Belfast Oct. 27, 2017 (Phys.org) -- A Queen's University Belfast scientist is leading an international team in studying a new visitor to our solar system -- the first known ...