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Researchers Demonstrate New Attack Method That Could Comprom RSA Encryption Faster Than Traditional Factoring

A significant development in cryptographic security has emerged as researchers have demonstrated a new approach to breaking RSA encryption that challenges long-standing assumptions about the difficulty of compromising the algorithm. RSA (Rivest–Shamir–Adleman) has been a cornerstone of public-key cryptography since the 1970s, securing everything from online

Cascadia and San Andreas Faults May Rupture Together, Thousands of Years of Sediment Evidence Suggests

Background on the Two Fault Systems The Cascadia subduction zone lies offshore from northern California through Oregon, Washington, and into British Columbia, where the Juan de Fuca plate slides beneath the North American plate. The northern San Andreas fault runs through California. Both are capable of producing magnitude-8+ earthquakes,

NASA Advances PRIMA Far-Infrared Telescope as First Probe Explorer Mission

NASA announced that PRIMA (PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics) has been selected as the first mission in a new class of astrophysics missions called Probe Explorers. The far-infrared space telescope will explore the history and evolution of the universe and is advancing to the next phase of development

Stanford Scientists Observe Quantum Jumps of Sound in Real Time

Researchers at Stanford University have achieved a first in quantum physics: directly observing quantum jumps of sound in real time. By monitoring individual phonons—the quantum units of mechanical vibration—the team watched sound energy abruptly vanish from one state and reappear in another, a phenomenon previously theorized but never

Stanford Research Reveals Brain Develops From Two Ancient Cellular Systems

Stanford scientists have uncovered evidence that the human brain may be fundamentally two organs in one. Their research shows that the brain develops from two distinct cellular systems that evolved separately and were later fused together by evolution, each serving different core functions. The discovery came through investigating brain development

Caltech's Ultrafast Light-Steering Chip Operates in 74 Femtoseconds

Researchers at Caltech have unveiled a compact chip-scale device that can steer a beam of light with unprecedented speed. The device uses another light beam and a nanoscale silicon metasurface to redirect optical signals in a mere 74 femtoseconds—a quadrillionth of a second. Traditional optical switching mechanisms typically

New Muonium Beam Opens Door to Testing Einstein's Gravity on Exotic Matter

A team of scientists has achieved a significant breakthrough in exotic atom research by developing a technique to produce a controlled beam of muonium—an atom consisting of an electron orbiting a muon, the heavier cousin of the electron. Muonium (μ⁺e⁻) is formed when a positively charged muon captures