MIT researchers have designed silicon structures that can perform calculations in an electronic device using excess heat ...

Existing algorithms can partially reconstruct the shape of a single tree from a clean point-cloud dataset acquired by laser-scanning technologies. Doing the same with forest data has proven far more ...

The math of data structures helps us understand how different storage systems come with different trade-offs between resources such as time and memory.

Last week at CES, Lego introduced its new Smart Play system, with a tech-packed Smart Brick that can recognize and interact with sets and minifigures. It was unexpected and delightful to see Lego come ...

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology finishes ‘discovery phase’ of £100m National Data Library programme, ...

What can we learn from a Pompeii construction site preserved in ash? Plus, tech companies look to build solar-powered data ...

Domain adaptation remains a significant challenge in artificial intelligence, especially when models trained in one domain are required to perform well in another.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in ...

Stand‑up comedy shows are far more carefully structured and timed than they may first appear. Research based on performances of well-known comedians ...

Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave podcast talk about the mysterious structure of ice, parents' heightened ...

Companies are integrating artificial Intelligence into all aspects of work and are now doing the same to life.

Computer science is the study and development of the protocols required for automated processing and manipulation of data. This includes, for example, creating algorithms for efficiently searching ...