USC Stevens Institute for Innovation Launches; Showcases Breakthrough Innovations

USC Stevens Institute for Innovation Launches; Showcases Breakthrough Innovations: "This is the first time a major research university has created a
university-wide, centralized hub out of the Office of the Provost to
consolidate innovation transfer operations and innovator development and to
be the catalyst for educational and co-curricular programming.
Additionally, this is the first time such an undertaking has included
innovations from all disciplines -- from cinematic arts and music to
sciences, medicine and engineering -- focusing efforts on innovators as
well as the innovations."

George Johnson

George Johnson

The Defense Department and the National Security Agency are worried enough (about quantum computers) that they are pouring money into quantum code-breaking. They want to get there first. At the same time, they're funding some of the Alice and Bob experiments—using quantum mechanics to devise truly unbreakable codes..

In an age where information is more than half of any military problem, encryption could be the most important skill on the battlefield.