The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling ...

Researchers at the University of Kent, UK, introduced LiteRBS (Lightweight and Rapid Bidirectional Search), a novel grid-based pathfinding algorithm ...

Blood-based biomarkers are of particular interest as cancer screening tests as a result of their convenience, low cost, and quantitative measure. The incorporation of biomarkers into a screening ...