CU Physics Professor Paul Beale Talks Generating True Random Numbers

Our most frequent show guest, CU Physics Professor Paul Beale, joins the show to talk about a device that uses quantum mechanics to generate true random numbers. (Paul was part of the team that developed it!) We'll also discuss the new Vera C Rubin observatory that just released its first pictures about a week ago.

Team uses quantum mechanics to make a factory for random number generators | CU PREP | University of Colorado Boulder

https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/06/nist-and-partners-use-quantum-mechanics-make-factory-random-numbers

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01849-8

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01451

Vera C Rubin Observatory: Rubin Observatory