The U.S. previously attempted permanent daylight saving time in 1974 to conserve energy during an oil crisis. The 1974 experiment was unpopular and repealed after only eight months due to public ...

TikTok explains issues with its algorithm. TikTok users in the U.S. reported feed and content issues over the weekend. Issues followed the creation of a separate U.S. TikTok entity, as ...

A massive global genetics study is reshaping how we understand mental illness—and why diagnoses so often pile up. By analyzing genetic data from more than six million people, researchers uncovered ...

ABSTRACT: Multi-objective optimization remains a significant and realistic problem in engineering. A trade-off among conflicting objectives subject to equality and inequality constraints is known as ...

Operating room (OR) planning and scheduling is a highly complex combinatorial optimization problem that involves patient assignment, OR allocation, and surgical sequencing within a constrained ...

Parents may have more influence than they realize when it comes to shaping their children’s behavior, especially for those at higher genetic risk for conduct problems, according to Rutgers Health-led ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

In collaboration with a hospital, researchers examined problems related to the timing and scheduling of surgeries and patients’ stays in recovery units. They developed an integrated elective surgery ...

With more than 11,000 employees – including 5,000 registered nurses and thousands of patient technicians – the health system's scheduling processes were fragmented and inconsistent across departments.

A new study published by researchers at the University of Rhode Island suggests that the accumulation of microplastics in the brain could affect how it functions, finding that high amounts of ...