Nobody knows which sequencing technology is fastest because there has never been a fair way to compare the rate at which they extract information from DNA. Until now
One of the great unsung heroes of 20th century science is Claude Shannon, an engineer …

The energy problem is humanity’s greatest challenge. Here’s how information technology can provide some answers.
At the peak of the technology bubble in March of 2000, spending on Internet infrastructure had exploded, Cisco Systems had a market cap of …

A service offered by Face.com is almost as good as humans at judging someone’s age from a photo.
Web users have become used to the idea that most of what they read online—whether it’s Facebook comments or personal e-mails—is scanned by soft…