You know that computers can beat humans at lots of games. But so far, humans are still better than the most powerful systems when playing at Chinese strategy game Go. The reason is simple: computer ...

Monte Carlo methods and Markov Chain algorithms have long been central to computational science, forming the backbone of numerical simulation in a variety of disciplines. These techniques employ ...

A quantum version of a computer algorithm widely used in finance, engineering and scientific modelling shows promising signs of operating much faster than existing methods. Experts say there are many ...