Shortest path algorithms sit at the heart of modern graph theory and many of the systems that move people, data, and goods around the world. After nearly seventy years of relying on the same classic ...

The PATH transit system rolled out its new, reloadable TAPP (Total Access PATH Payment) fare card on Thursday as Port Authority moves toward phasing out its antiquated MetroCard and SmartLink systems ...

Pour one out for the ancient MetroCard and its equally old cousin, the PATH SmartLink card. The beginning of the end for these longtime ways to pay fares on the bi-state PATH system came Thursday when ...

Abbott to buy Exact Sciences in $23 billion deal Exact's flagship colorectal cancer test to join Abbott's portfolio Abbott eyes international expansion for Exact's tests Aims for broad reimbursement ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce Japsen writes about healthcare business and policy. Abbott Laboratories $21 billion deal to acquire cancer test maker Exact ...

Scientists from the European Space Agency have significantly narrowed down the trajectory of the interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS thanks to data from the alien comet's recent flyby of Mars, allowing for ...

When Edsger W. Dijkstra published his algorithm in 1959, computer networks were barely a thing. The algorithm in question found the shortest path between any two nodes on a graph, with a variant ...

Bloomer announced, "We are raising total full year revenue to between $3.22 billion and $3.235 billion, an increase of $78 million at midpoint. This includes screening revenue between $2.51 billion ...

ABSTRACT: With the deepening of global economic integration, maritime logistics has become the core pillar of international trade, carrying more than 80% of global trade volume. Among the factors ...

In what is expected to be his final public remarks before the Federal Reserve’s October rate decision, Chair Jerome Powell said there is no "risk-free" path for policy, as the labor market shows signs ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...