The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

U.S. high schoolers are less likely now than in the past to say they want to get married someday. And a smaller share today say that they’re very likely to have children if they do get married, ...

CEO Martin McNulty stated Acacia delivered “good results in the third quarter with significant increases sequentially and year-over-year across many key metrics,” despite macroeconomic and ...

In the current climate, generic and expensive programs to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion—for example, trainings—are increasingly falling out of favor. In fact, most of the existing research ...

Abstract: Ports, as pivotal hubs of global logistics and energy exchange, play an indispensable role in international trade. However, risk operational states within port grids often lead to severe ...

The National Science Foundation has begun soliciting proposals for an initiative to establish a community-based center that will oversee the development of the overarching framework, management ...

An AI-powered tool from Carnegie Mellon University and collaborators is helping uncover genetic clues to rare diseases, potentially accelerating diagnoses and treatments for conditions that affect ...

Data science and AI continue to make healthcare headlines because of their potential to change everything from how drugs are developed to revolutionizing information workflows. One area where we ...

When thinking about career exploration, the words “networking” and “informational interviews” often come up, but they can sometimes feel daunting, especially for early-career researchers and academics ...