DeepMind’s AlphaDev adopted an unconventional approach to uncover faster algorithms by venturing into the realm of computer assembly instructions — a domain seldom explored by humans.

Quantum computing will not deliver truly useful business results overnight, but the pace of progress is no longer linear; ...

Although quantum computing is a nascent field, there are plenty of key moments that defined it over the last few decades as scientists strive to create machines that can solve impossible problems.

Climate models can be a million lines of code long and can take months to run on supercomputers. A new algorithm has dramatically shortened that time.

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. There is always more than one way to implement a standard algorithm. The examples used have been designed as ...

To give an example illustrating what I mean, for decades people have been trying to attack regular elliptic curve cryptography, including some who have tried using approaches based on genus 2 ...

By November 2024, the companies had entangled 24 logical qubits and successfully ran a quantum algorithm using 28 logical qubits. As of 2025, Atom Computing’s neutral atom-based system features ...

Automated methods enable the analysis of PET/CT scans (left) to accurately predict tumor location and size (right). Credit: Nature Machine Intelligence (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s42256-024-00912-9 ...