Quantum Cryptography…

Credit: VectorMine/Shutterstock Topics: Computer Science, Cryptography, Cybersecurity, NIST, Quantum Computer, Quantum Mechanics Note: As a Communications-Computer Systems Officer in the US Air Force, I was once responsible for Technical Control, Computer Maintenance, and Crypto-Teletype (not that anyone uses a teletype anymore – I hope not!). I also beta-tested DARPANET at Bergstrom Air Force Base, whichContinue reading “Quantum Cryptography…”

RNA and Covid-19…

Topics: Biology, Biotechnology, COVID-19, Diversity in Science, NIST, Research, Women in Science Scientists track and monitor the circulation of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, using methods based on a laboratory technique called polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Also used as the “gold standard” test to diagnose COVID-19 in individuals, PCR amplifies pieces of DNA byContinue reading “RNA and Covid-19…”