method of generating random numbers that could shake up computer encryption.
University of Texas computer science professor David Zuckerman and PhD student Eshan Chattopadhyay have found that a “high-quality” random number could be generated by combining two “low-quality” random sources.
You can read their report, Explicit Two-Source Extractors and Resilient Functions, here.
Random number generation is used for a variety of applications including cryptography and scientific modelling.