When manufacturing, assembling, and using integrated circuit (IC) chips, the electrostatic discharge (ESD) caused by accumulated static can damage the IC circuitry if the circuit is not properly ...

You probably ran more than five kilometers in your last 5K, and so did most of the runners who were out on the course with you. There’s a trick to running the shortest possible path in a race, and ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. Boston University and University of Pittsburgh researchers are ...

One of the most classic algorithmic problems deals with calculating the shortest path between two points. A more complicated variant of the problem is when the route traverses a changing network - ...

The shortest route between two points is a straight line, but your brain may have other priorities. As a graduate student 20 years ago, urban studies professor Carlo Ratti, the director of the ...