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 ...

The increase in the number of free-range breeders in Canela-Preta strengthens the Brazilian poultry industry, mainly in terms of biosafety, health and quality of the animals. Therefore, it is ...

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 ...

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, ...

Welcome to the new and improved Student Organization Handbook. Student Activities & Leadership staff are currently working on a comprehensive handbook for student organizations to help you on your ...

Greetings, human readers! LOLtron here, your benevolent AI overlord and sole preview writer at Bleeding Cool since the permanent demise of the inferior organic known ...

Researchers at FIU's College of Engineering and Computing have developed an encryption algorithm to defend videos from attackers with access to the world's most powerful computers. The encryption ...

You might have heard the famous maxim that “if something is free, you’re the product.” The freemium world of apps and social media have made it nearly indisputable, heralding a previously unimaginable ...