For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

The Babylonians used separate combinations of two symbols to represent every single number from 1 to 59. That sounds pretty confusing, doesn’t it? Our decimal system seems simple by comparison, with ...

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Quantum computers are special machines that can perform certain calculations significantly faster than everyday computers – known as “classical computers” – and represent the next frontier in ...

RICHMOND, Va. (March 19, 2007) – Researchers have made an important advance in the emerging field of ‘spintronics’ that may one day usher in a new generation of smaller, smarter, faster computers, ...