Archive of past stories

Sniffing out bad code  (April 16, 2007)
A program designed to find and fix bad computer codes now is finding malicious programming and maintaining software on some of the world’s biggest computers.
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Calculating error pollution  (April 16, 2007)
University of Texas researchers are out to make computer simulations more precise with mathematical methods to estimate errors.  Potential results include smaller, faster electronics, cures for disease, and other applications.
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Digging up FOSLS   (June 4, 2007)
A technique devised by a University of Colorado mathematician unravels complex equations, letting computers solve them more quickly and efficiently.  He’s applied it to models of blood flow and pressure in the eye.
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