Industries, particularly high tech, may be waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court decision, expected this coming spring, in the Bilski case to decide some fundamental questions of when you can patent ...

Mechanical engineers have designed a more effective and energy-efficient technology for cooling computer chips. Published in ...

For a long time, mathematical modelling of social systems and dynamics was considered in the realm of science fiction. But predicting, and at once influencing human behavior is well on its way to ...

New research could signal a step change in the quest to design the new materials that are needed to meet the challenge of net zero and a sustainable future. Researchers have shown that a mathematical ...

Recent advances in data mining and mathematical modelling have increasingly influenced the development of sophisticated algorithms across diverse application domains. By extracting hidden structures ...

Fabienne Serriere, founder of Seattle-based KnitYak, combined her hardware-hacking and hand-knitting hobbies to develop something truly unique: custom knit scarves that show mathematical algorithms.

Neuromorphic computers, inspired by the architecture of the human brain, are proving surprisingly adept at solving complex mathematical problems that underpin scientific and engineering challenges.

Late last year, the Justice Department joined the growing list of agencies to discover that algorithms don’t heed good intentions. An algorithm known as PATTERN placed tens of thousands of federal ...