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Federal research dollars increasingly carry a quiet expectation that what gets built for a space agency should also work for the rest of us. Most university teams aren't ready for that conversation.

Small-dollar prizes and non-grant funding are quietly reshaping early-stage R&D, especially at institutions the traditional funding ecosystem largely ignores.

Most universities excel at groundbreaking research. Few excel at turning that research into thriving businesses. The University of Alberta is determined to be different.

Learn more about the mathematicians behind one of the world's most secure annd valuable cryptosystems.

Check out these five potential impacts that NAMs could have on the scale of medical research across the whole world.

NAMs have emerged as a revolutionary alternative to traditional testing, paving the way for safer and more accurate assessments of product safety.

In an era where digital information plays a pivotal role in our daily lives, securing data from prying eyes is of paramount importance. One of the cryptographic systems that has gained recognition for its potential to resist attacks from quantum computers is the McEliece Cryptosystem.

Cryptography is a field that has seen numerous influential projects and developments over the years. Here are five historically significant projects and developments in cryptography. We hope these spur you to take a deeper look at cryptography’s dense history!

Over at HeroX, we celebrate world changing opportunities on a daily basis. Fall is just starting in our neck of the woods and with the change of season, we ask you to fall into changing the world through some of the incredible challenges we are serving up over the next few months.

Get a direct view into the world of open innovation and crowdsourcing and its immense transformative power in driving innovation and solving complex challenges at large Federal organizations, such as NASA.