The longest common subsequence (LCS) problem, a long‐standing challenge in computer science and bioinformatics, seeks to identify the maximum sequence of characters shared by multiple strings while ...

Academics have made breakthroughs on two fundamental problems in computer science. Academics from the University of Bristol will present new breakthroughs on two fundamental problems in Computer ...

A quantum version of a computer algorithm widely used in finance, engineering and scientific modelling shows promising signs of operating much faster than existing methods. Experts say there are many ...

Computer scientists in India have cracked an age-old mathematical problem by designing a method for computers to quickly prove whether a figure is a prime number--a vital step in cryptography. RSA, a ...

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 ...