The January 30 registration deadline for fourth-year medical students to complete paperwork and begin ranking their residency preferences is nearing.

“Imagine a computation that produces a new bit of information in every step, based on the bits that it has computed so far. Over t steps of time, it may generate up to t new bits of information in ...

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 ...

Tor has announced improved encryption and security for the circuit traffic by replacing the old tor1 relay encryption algorithm with a new design called Counter Galois Onion (CGO). One reason behind ...

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.

Alphabet Inc.’s Google ran an algorithm on its “Willow” quantum-computing chip that can be repeated on similar platforms and outperform classical supercomputers, a breakthrough it said clears a path ...

Children often surprise us with their natural problem-solving skills. A new study shows that they can discover efficient algorithms on their own. Researchers Huiwen Alex Yang, Bill D. Thompson, and ...

Week 3 of the NFL schedule features a number of intriguing matchups, including six divisional matchups, such as an AFC West heavyweight matchup between the Denver Broncos vs. Los Angeles Chargers (-3) ...

In a matchup between a pair of Southeastern Conference foes, No. 17 Ole Miss will return to Vaught Hemingway Stadium on Saturday night for a clash agaisnt the Arkansas Razorbacks. Lane Kiffin and Co.

No. 3 LSU welcomes the Florida Gators to Baton Rouge in Week 3 with the pair of SEC foes set to square off in Tiger Stadium on Saturday night. Brian Kelly and the Tigers continue preparation for a ...

Quantum researchers have created a new algorithm that can reduce noise in qubits while they are working, and it does this in real time. The method works for many different types of qubits, even when ...