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This repository contains code used in the paper, "Solving 0–1 Knapsack Problems Using Sine-Cosine Algorithm". The Sine Cosine Algorithm (SCA), developed by Seyedali Mirjalili [1], belongs to the class ...

Illegal, synthetically narrated copies of “The Hunger Games,” hit self-help books and everything in between are increasingly common on the platform. By Alexandra Alter By most measures, John Grisham’s ...

A new quantum-inspired algorithm has cracked a problem so massive that conventional supercomputers struggle to even approach it. Researchers used the method to simulate extraordinarily complex quantum ...

My friend recently attended a funeral, and midway through the eulogy, he became convinced that it had been written by AI. There was the telltale proliferation of abstract nouns, a surfeit of ...

The Nature Index 2026 Research Leaders reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural sciences, health sciences, applied sciences and social sciences, according to their ...

Hash tables are one of the oldest and simplest data structures for storing elements and supporting deletions and queries. Invented in 1953, they underly most computational systems. Yet despite their ...

OpenAI says ChatGPT will now ditch the em dashes if you tell it to. The telltale sign that supposedly signals text written by AI has popped up everywhere in recent months, including in school papers, ...

AI infrastructure is hitting a power wall, and Microsoft believes the solution lies in technology borrowed from smartwatch displays. While power efficient, traditional copper links have a limited ...