Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

DNA synthesis for true random number generation

  • Linda C. Meiser,
  • Julian Koch,
  • Philipp L. Antkowiak,
  • Wendelin J. Stark,
  • Reinhard Heckel,
  • Robert N. Grass

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19757-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Large volumes of true random numbers are needed for increasing requirements of secure data encryption. Here the authors use the stochastic nature of DNA synthesis to obtain millions of gigabytes of unbiased randomness.