In the 1970s, some basic ideas in supposedly useless number theory were deployed by Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir and Leonard Adleman. They developed the RSA algorithm, which enables public key cryptography, ...

New research was motivated by "high-potential societal impacts" of successfully disabling autonomous drones, a study author ...

People often compare the genome to a computer's program, with the cell using its genetic code to process environmental inputs and produce appropriate responses. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

* A centerpiece of the top-level roadmap sets out a profound internal gear shift to transform the world's factory into a global innovation powerhouse by 2030. * At a moment of geopolitical fracturing, ...

At a research lab in Chennai, scientists are working to understand one of the least understood organs of the human body: the brain. The Indian Express travels to the Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre ...

As of March 2026, over half of US states have passed an “Age Verification” and “Digital ID” law. These verification systems (sometimes called “age-gating”) add a new dimension to problems that trans ...

CWISE J1249+36, a low-mass runaway star, is traveling at an extraordinary speed that could propel it out of the Milky Way.

Maintaining healthy skin is a lifelong journey that requires adapting to changes at every stage of life. The past decad ...

Summary: Workplace attrition threatens operational continuity and clinical trial timelines for life science professionals. The recent shift to remote and decentralized trials presents unique ...

Nevada’s employment agency is rolling out a Google-run artificial intelligence tool to process appeals on unemployment benefit decisions, a development the agency said would rapidly speed up the ...

Drug discovery is like molecular Tetris. Chemists snap atoms together, adjusting the pieces until everything fits and suddenly, a molecule makes a promising new medicine. Normally, creating better ...