Mathematics
Mathematicians shocked to find pattern in ‘random’ prime numbers
Unexpected trends in the last digits of prime numbers mean they are less random than previously thought, much to the surprise of mathematicians
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Prime number with 22 million digits is the biggest ever found
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Feedback: a calling card for water fruitloopery
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Physics
Closing the last loophole for unhackable quantum security
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Life
Is this ET? Mystery of strange radio bursts from space
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Life
Is the answer to life, the universe and everything 37?
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Physics
A comedian stands up for sums
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Physics
‘Factorisation factory’ smashes number-cracking record
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Tournament of primes is too difficult to continue
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Physics
Prime number enigma could be solved by simple networks
Is there a pattern behind prime numbers? Networks that reproduce the mathematical relationships between primes and non-primes could tell us
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Technology
Virtual currency ‘Riecoin’ tackles prime number enigma
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Physics
2013 review: Top ten breakthroughs in physical science
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Physics
Quantum lab is dazzling vision of computer chip future
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