Abstract: The climatic sensitivity of new terrain-aware backtracking algorithms is evaluated across 800 locations in the continental USA on a representative synthetic rolling terrain. We find that a ...

There wasn’t a lot of “ho, ho, ho” or “Joy to the World” going on in our region when The Oneonta Star’s front page headline of Dec. 1, 1950 read, “Atomic Bomb Threat Puts World On Edge.” The story, ...

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.

An artist’s impression of a quantum electrodynamics simulation using 100 qubits of an IBM quantum computer. The spheres and lines denote the qubits and connectivity of the IBM quantum processor; gold ...

The Fast Fourier Transform is used everywhere but it has a fascinating origin story that could have ended the nuclear arms race. Doctor warns five common supplements can cause deadly heart attacks and ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

When it comes to teaching math, a debate has persisted for decades: How, and to what degree, should algorithms be a focus of learning math? The step-by-step procedures are among the most debated ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. For computer scientists, solving problems is a bit like mountaineering. First they must choose a problem to solve—akin to identifying a ...

A Java application project that allows users to play three different games: an Advanced Sudoku Solver, an animated Tower of Hanoi puzzle, and Tic Tac Toe. It features a well-designed GUI and utilizes ...

At the Trump administration's first Cabinet meeting, Elon Musk admitted that DOGE cut off funding for Ebola prevention efforts. Musk says DOGE has “restored” funding, but the Washington Post reports ...