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 ...

A teenage programmer tests a set of instructions she has written to get her computer to mop the floor. Suitable for teaching at KS3, KS4 and National 4 and 5.

Researchers from EPFL, AMD, and the University of Novi Sad have uncovered a long-standing inefficiency in the algorithm that programs millions of reconfigurable chips used worldwide, a discovery that ...

Over the past decade, experts in the field of nanotechnology and materials science have been trying to devise architectures composed of small structures that spontaneously arrange themselves following ...

AI is no longer on the fringe of utility operations, it’s embedded in the field, in control rooms, and increasingly, in the planning layers of the grid.

Will you need to download a new app? What’s happening with TikTok’s proposed new owners, such as Larry Ellison’s Oracle? Here’s what you need to know.

The city of San Sebastián, in Spain’s Basque region, is a relaxed surfers’ haven that feels a world removed from any war. Yet atop a pine-forested hill overlooking the city, engineers in a conference ...

What could we possibly learn about effective teaching from game design? As it turns out, quite a lot. Try these game-based learning ...