Quantum technologies like quantum computers are built from quantum materials. These types of materials exhibit quantum properties when exposed to the right conditions. Curiously, engineers can also ...

Quantum hardware and software are advancing rapidly – and our online encryption systems need to change to stay ahead.

Pioneering computer scientist who devised the Quicksort algorithm, ways of verifying programs and guards against hackers ...

ANNE CONNOLLY, REPORTER: When Katherine and Natalie Taylor sit down together, it looks like any mother-daughter catch up but Katherine has vascular dementia and the disease is advancing. NATALIE ...

Long before modern computers existed, scientists and philosophers wondered whether machines could imitate human reasoning. This video traces the evolution of that idea from Aristotle’s logic and ...

Researchers from Chiba University have developed a lightweight peer-selection algorithm that significantly reduces data propagation delays without increasing resource usage on internet of things (IoT) ...

Section 3(k) of the Patents Act, 1970, remains the most disputed matter being taken up by the Courts in India. In the recent case of AB Initio Technology LLC. Trans Union vs Controller Of Patents ...

One day in November, a product strategist we’ll call Michelle (not her real name), logged into her LinkedIn account and switched her gender to male. She also changed her name to Michael, she told ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

Descriptive set theorists study the niche mathematics of infinity. Now, they’ve shown that their problems can be rewritten in the concrete language of algorithms. All of modern mathematics is built on ...