Scale in the universe is hard to understand from a purely human perspective. Many times, the math just doesn't sit well with ...

Researchers working with data from the South Pole Telescope have released a major catalog of galaxy clusters, giving ...

Genomic surveillance—the process of monitoring and sequencing pathogens—is one of the most important tools for detecting ...

Combinatorial optimization problems are often encountered in real-world applications, including logistics, scheduling and ...

They are a fundamental step towards optimizing the production and extraction of tritium – an extremely rare material in ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spectacular red, white, and blue view of one of the Milky Way's oldest star clusters to celebrate the nation's 250th anniversary. Hidden within the ancient ...

Every year, billions of phones are discarded globally, many of them with perfectly usable processors. At the same time, the ...

Tonight, as you drift toward sleep, your mind may begin to dream before your brain has officially crossed into sleep. You may ...

On Wednesday, Jelani Nelson, a professor of theoretical computer science and chair of UC Berkeley's electrical engineering and computer science division, announced he was taking a leave of absence to ...

Astronomers have discovered clusters of galaxies in cosmic voids, which were previously considered practically uninhabited.

Imagine standing in the emptiest place the universe has to offer, a stretch of cosmic ocean so vast that light takes tens of ...

Sonar images collected from the seafloor northwest of Cuba show a cluster of straight-edged, geometric forms sitting roughly ...