Algorithms are more and more common in hospitals and at the patients’ bedside, but they’re complex and often hard to understand. We broke down the process by which one algorithm, designed to ...

Thanks to the sheer amount of data algorithms process, it might seem like they’re all-knowing mystery boxes built to reveal secrets. However, remember that an algorithm just means a set of ...

Ever wondered how computers multiply huge numbers with hundreds or even thousands of digits? The process may seem simple, but it gets incredibly complex as numbers grow. In this video, we explore the ...

Researchers describe a machine-learning algorithm that can register brain scans and other 3D images more than 1,000 times more quickly using novel learning techniques.

Deep-learning algorithms allow researchers to quickly process large amounts of data by sending it through multiple layers of nonlinear processing units, which can be trained to identify different ...

Mark Bergstrom, executive director of the Commission on Sentencing, said compared to judges, an algorithm can process lots of data. “When we started our project, we didn’t look at a handful of cases, ...