Differential equations are equations that contain derivatives. The equations are used in calculus to describe relationships among one or more variables. A solution to any series of equations can be ...

A mathematical concept known as a de Bruijn graph turns the formidable challenge of assembling a contiguous genome from billions of short sequencing reads into a tractable computational problem. You ...

Researchers thought that they were five years away from solving a math riddle from the 1980's. In reality, and without knowing, they had nearly cracked the problem and had just given away much of the ...