Quantum Entanglement Delivers Certifiably Perfect Randomness
TL;DR
ETH Zurich researchers used a Bell-test experiment with entangled qubits separated by 30 meters and performed over a billion trials in about nine hours to demonstrate randomness amplification that transforms imperfect randomness into certifiably perfect randomness, a device-independent result that could underpin future cryptography and security systems. The work, published in Nature 2026, shows randomness that remains truly unpredictable under rigorous analysis, surpassing previous RNGs that depended on trusted hardware.
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