Louisiana becomes first state to use algorithms blocking prison paroles, with TIGER system automatically disqualifying 13,000 ...

Evolution is a very slow process, due largely to the fact that nature doesn't "know" in advance which features of an animal will be beneficial. A new AI-based algorithm does know, however, allowing it ...

Glioblastoma is a devastatingly effective brain cancer. Doctors can cut it out or blast it with radiation, but that only buys time. The cancer has an insidious ability to hide enough tumor cells in ...

Google claims to have developed a quantum computer algorithm that is 13,000 times faster than the most powerful supercomputers. This would bring the technology another step closer to real-world ...

A professor has helped create a powerful new algorithm that uncovers hidden patterns in complex networks, with potential uses in fraud detection, biology and knowledge discovery. University of ...

The speed, skill and flair on display in rugby sevens makes it an ideal Olympic sport. The Paris games should be no exception, especially given France’s own great rugby tradition. While the ...

The principle of the survival of the fittest, described by Charles Darwin in the 19th century, has now been applied to software testing: FANDANGO, a new open-source fuzzing tool, uses an evolutionary ...

When you log onto LinkedIn, you’re normally presented with suggestions to connect with people you know, either because you went to the same university as them, or worked in the same company or ...

Members can download this article in PDF format. Portable and mobile products require sophisticated battery-management circuitry to extend battery life and avoid unexpected shutdowns. A key ...