When Edsger W. Dijkstra published his algorithm in 1959, computer networks were barely a thing. The algorithm in question found the shortest path between any two nodes on a graph, with a variant ...

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 ...

Years back, when a small website called out for product-review editors. I leapt at the opportunity: I’d just wrapped up a four-year stint as a systems supplier. That experience provided the ...

HOBOKEN, N.J. (PIX11) – PATH trains to New York City were experiencing significant delays on Wednesday due to a switch problem, according to Port Authority. The disruption affected trains coming from ...

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – Multiple PATH trains were suspended Wednesday due to a signal problem at the 33rd Street station. PATH trains from Hoboken and Journal Square to 33rd Street were suspended for ...

A powerful mathematical technique is used to model melting ice and other phenomena. But it has long been imperiled by certain “nightmare scenarios.” A new proof has removed that obstacle. Imagine an ...

Story first appeared on WomensNIT.com... Even if his Coastal Carolina women's basketball team plays with a hair-on-fire approach at times, head coach Kevin Pederson won't be tempted to water down the ...

Within the prior 24 months, I have had a financial relationship with a company producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients: Grant ...

The Mallows and Generalized Mallows Models are two of the most popular probability models for distributions on permutations. In this paper, we consider both models under the Hamming distance. This ...