https://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. U.S. Army Research Laboratory scientists have discovered a way to leverage emerging brain-like computer architectures for an age-old number-theoretic problem known as integer factorization. https://phys.org/news/2018-03-army-brain-like-closer-codes.html Computer Sciences Thu, 22 Mar 2018 03:56:24 EDT news440909766 A couple of days ago on The Conversation, I set myself up with a task: to defend the usefulness of so-called "useless" maths. Today, that defence continues, with a look at the RSA algorithm. https://phys.org/news/2013-04-rsa-algorithm-private-loveletters.html Mathematics Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:51:02 EDT news284806255 The most common digital security technique used to protect both media copyright and Internet communications has a major weakness, University of Michigan computer scientists have discovered. https://phys.org/news/2010-03-weakness-rsa-authentication-common.html Computer Sciences Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:09:02 EST news186854915