Rice quantum computing researchers have introduced a novel algorithm that earned the team a place in the global XPRIZE Quantum Applications competition.

Abstract: Very high resolution satellite images provide valuable information to researchers. Among these, urban-area boundaries and building locations play crucial roles. For a human expert, manually ...

Among the 19449 protein coding genes annotated in a RefSeq database, 14698 (75.6%) have more than one protein isoforms, and 3409 (17.5%) have 10 or more protein isoforms (Fig. a). Most of isoforms ...

Graphs and networks are powerful tools for representing connections or relationships between objects or people. They belong to a branch of mathematics called graph theory which is quite distinct from ...

Mathematicians recently gathered for a workshop in Canada a to thrash out ideas inspired by a breakthrough a pair of researchers made in 2023 on a conjecture by Paul Erdős. The pair’s success at ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dani Di Placido covers film, television, and internet culture. Have you heard of the Dead Internet Theory? It’s been gaining ...

In October 2015 my time training mathematics teachers at a French high school in Port Vila, Vanuatu, was coming to an end. The principal invited me to share kava, a traditional drink in the country.

Genome sequencing is the process of determining in which order the nitrogenous bases also known as nucleotides within a DNA molecule are arranged. Every organism’s genome consists of a unique sequence ...