Computational biologists at the University of Toronto have developed an artificial intelligence algorithm that has the potential to create novel protein molecules as finely tuned therapeutics. The ...

(CBS News) Sudoku is, at its heart, a numbers game. So it's no surprise that mathematicians have latched on to the puzzles as a way to explore problem-solving algorithms and game theories. For ...

Cornell physicist Veit Elser has been engrossed recently in resolving a pivotal question in biological imaging. So he hasn't had much time for brainteasers and number games. But in discovering an ...

They baffle, delight, and frustrate millions of people around the world on a daily basis. But even the most dedicated Sudoku-solver might have never spotted this secret pattern. Mathematicians have ...

ProteinSolver can compute novel protein sequences that fold into predetermined geometrical structures as seen in this example where the structure of the reference protein (white) is overlaid with a ...

If you’ve ever completed a sudoku puzzle, then you’ve completed a constraint satisfaction problem (CSP). This type of problem is defined as a mathematical question where a number of constraints or ...

Puzzled by the secret of the Sudoku? You're not alone; millions of people have tried their hand at the mathematical problem-solving game since it was first popularized in 1986 in Japan. The challenge ...