A coded passage in “Kryptos,” Jim Sanborn’s sculpture at CIA headquarters, has gone unsolved for decades. After he announced its auction, two researchers stumbled on the answer.

It's a well-known fact that quantum calculations are difficult, but one would think that quantum computers would facilitate the process. In most cases, this is true.

Google's new BlockRank model promises faster, smarter AI retrieval and hints at how Google’s future ranking systems may evolve.

Combining a quantum-inspired algorithm and quantum information processing technologies could enable researchers to measure ...

Abstract: With the increase of demand for computing resources and the struggle to provide the necessary energy, power-aware resource management is becoming a major issue for the High-performance ...

The Defense Department will use unobligated funds from its research and development account to pay troops as the government shutdown continues, but it remains unclear what legal authority allows the ...

D'Angelo, the visionary R&B singer who helped pioneer the neo soul sub genre, has died following a battle with cancer, according to a statement from his family published by multiple outlets. He was 51 ...

Abstract: The Unbounded Knapsack Problem (UKP), as an important extension of the classical 0-1 knapsack problem, is an NP-hard combinatorial optimization problem characterized by its allowance for ...

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 ...

A blood-drenched Staten Island teen who allegedly decapitated his mom’s boyfriend with a knife chillingly told his younger sister, “I did something bad, go to your room,” when she returned home from ...

Find all kinds of deals for National Taco Day at restaurants across Dallas-Fort Worth Oct. 7. Taco spots and Mexican and Tex-Mex restaurants have put together specials and are even offering free food ...