What do the digits of pi, colliding blocks and quantum search algorithms have in common? More than you might expect. Two playful papers, one from 2003 and one from last month, provide the links ...

Researchers have used the jellyfish search algorithm to optimize solar PV distributed generation placement and sizing. They have tested the algorithm on an IEEE 33-bus system, with one, two, or three ...

Who owns the patent to Google's original search algorithm? To find the answer, we used Google's search algorithm, and the answer is Stanford University. According to Quara user Tom McFarlane, "The ...

The Federal Communications Commission and representatives of large technology companies debate a regulated future in the U.S. They speak at WSJ Tech Live. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Google rarely talks ...

Two computer scientists found — in the unlikeliest of places — just the idea they needed to make a big leap in graph theory. This past October, as Jacob Holm and Eva Rotenberg were thumbing through a ...

Amazon changed its search algorithm in ways that boost its own products despite concerns raised by employees who opposed the move, The Wall Street Journal reported today. The change was made late last ...