Computing

Tech

Model copes with chaos to deliver relief

A computer program can get supplies to disaster areas efficiently even when the transportation system is part of the problem.

Math

Fruit flies teach computers a lesson

Insect's nerve cell development is a model of efficiency for sensing networks.

Tech

Trading places

As the pace of financial transactions accelerates, researchers look forward to a time when the only limiting factor is the speed of light.

Computing

Most influential media Twitter feeds

Computer scientists find surprises when they rank top 100.

Computing

Going viral takes a posse, not an army

Quality of followers, not quantity, determines which tweets will fly

Computing

Machine versus manhole

Computer scientists take on one of New York’s weirder quality-of-life issues: which will be the next to explode?

Computing

Circling the square

The scientist who scanned the first digital image aims to smooth the pixel.

Computing

Leaf veins loopy for a reason

A computer simulation finds that leaves' circular networks are efficient at getting around damaged spots and varying distribution load.

Computing

First programmable quantum computer created

System uses ultracold beryllium ions to tackle 160 randomly chosen programs.

Computing

Quantum computers could tackle enormous linear equations

New work suggests that the envisioned systems would be powerful enough to quickly process even trillions of variables.

Computing

Minifridge makes quantum computers last

A new study shows that if ions are kept cool, then the information they hold can be repeatedly manipulated.

Computing

Random numbers faster

Researchers have devised a way to use a laser to create strings of orderless bits for encryption.