As an important part of higher education, professional basic courses are the key carrier to implement the fundamental task of ...

A Consumer Reports study published Tuesday claimed that Uber and Lyft sell nearly identical rides for a wide range of rates.

Drivers on I-15 in Temecula could wait up to four minutes to merge under a new traffic pilot, all to get everyone home sooner ...

A new quantum-inspired algorithm has cracked a problem so massive that conventional supercomputers struggle to even approach it. Researchers used the method to simulate extraordinarily complex quantum ...

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to add, starting with ...

Determining the least expensive path for a new subway line underneath a metropolis like New York City is a colossal planning challenge—involving thousands of potential routes through hundreds of city ...

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 ...

Using an advanced Monte Carlo method, Caltech researchers found a way to tame the infinite complexity of Feynman diagrams and solve the long-standing polaron problem, unlocking deeper understanding of ...

Abstract: An unequitable material allocation scheme will cause secondary disasters and directly affect relief efficiency. Post-disaster relief equity allocation-transportation problem is a key issue ...

Abstract: The Aircraft Landing Problem (ALP) involves optimizing the scheduling of flight arrivals and departures while simultaneously managing airport resources to maximize flight utilization, ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. For computer scientists, solving problems is a bit like mountaineering. First they must choose a problem to solve—akin to identifying a ...