Recently, I watched a fellow particle physicist talk about a calculation he had pushed to a new height of precision. His tool? A 1980s-era computer program called FORM. Particle physicists use some of ...

It wasn't Siri, nor a souped-up Scarlett Johansson. However, it seems that artificial intelligence may have gone even further toward a time when it will fool us that it's just like us. Emphasis on the ...

Software is a program that enables a computer to perform a specific task, as opposed to the physical components of the system (hardware). This includes application software such as a word processor, ...

What is a computer program? Computer programs consist of a set of commands that the computer must execute. The computer executes the commands as it reads the file (from top to bottom) until it reaches ...

Facilities handling nuclear material or other radioactive material, and undertaking associated activities, are critical infrastructure which require high levels of safety and security. By taking a ...

CHRIS SERLE, IAN MCNAUGHT-DAVIS and Gill Nevill, continue their exploration of the world of information science. Even the most elaborate and sophisticated computer programs are made up of only a few ...

'How many different cell types are there in a human body? And how do these differences develop? Nobody really knows.' But thanks to a new method, that may be about to change. "How many different cell ...

Computer programs are now essential for the analysis of large population genetics data sets that are increasingly being generated. We review 24 such programs here, and list their main features, ...