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 ...

Researchers introduce a group-driven initialization that fuses search history with graph modularity, boosting state-of-the-art local solvers for k-quasi-clique and k-plex without altering their search ...

Boris Kiefer, New Mexico State University physics professor, is a co-principal investigator on a project to turn fundamental quantum science into practical technologies that could ...

Research on the perception of color differences is helping resolve a century-old understanding of color developed by Erwin ...

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

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 ...

GenAI may be accelerating a developmental transition in how learners conceptualize programming itself.

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Koch, who studied vision, thought that by measuring people's brain responses as they looked at special optical illusions, ...

A network of ultra-competitive high-school talent streams has been turning out the leading lights of science and tech ...

When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...

Time feels like the most basic feature of reality. Seconds tick, days pass and everything from planetary motion to human memory seems to unfold along a single, irreversible direction. We are born and ...