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.

All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in general, research mathematicians don’t need to think about it ...

Quantum computers are coming. And when they arrive, they are going to upend the way we protect sensitive data. Unlike classical computers, quantum computers harness quantum mechanical effects — like ...

Google’s Willow quantum computer (pictured here) is delivering. Image credits: Google. “Today, we’re announcing research that shows — for the first time in history — that a quantum computer can ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

Children often surprise us with their natural problem-solving skills. A new study shows that they can discover efficient algorithms on their own. Researchers Huiwen Alex Yang, Bill D. Thompson, and ...

The career landscape, like technology, is constantly evolving. If you're at a crossroads in your career, studying computer science could help you move with progress instead of against it. So, how can ...

Ben Fishbein graduated in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. If he was starting college today, Fishbein said unequivocally that he ...

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In a noisy environment, such as at work or when travelling, many people resort to wearing noise cancelling headphones to reduce the level of background noise and to achieve a level of concentration or ...