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You know the green lock in the corner of your browser? That symbol represents thousands of lines of code program developers went through to encrypt your data so an attacker cannot read or modify it. The software used to make your Web communication secure is notoriously hard for developers to use, but a BYU team developed a new system that cuts the thousands of lines of code down to just a few.
Sixty million people in sub-Saharan Africa live at risk of African sleeping sickness, a disease caused by parasites transmitted through the tsetse fly. In the late stage of the disease, when the parasite crosses the blood-brain barrier, the results are oftentimes fatal.
With their genre-bending "Beat Boxers," BYU animation students take the top prize at E3's College Game Competition.
An international team of scientists have discovered a series of dunes on Pluto — a finding that indicates the planet's surface is younger and more dynamic than previously thought.
New research from a BYU and Chevron Phillips team could help open doors to tackle “grand challenges in catalysis chemistry.”
A team of computer science students is one of eight selected to compete in Amazon’s Alexa Prize Challenge. They were given a $250,000 grant and tasked with programming a bot who can hold a conversation on a range of popular topics.
Using more than 100 years of MLB data, BYU researchers developed a home-run prediction model for current players.
As president of the Math Association of America, BYU's Math Department chair is committed to sharing the joy of math with undergrads across the country.
BYU researchers developed an algorithm that teaches machines not just to win games, but to cooperate and compromise — and sometimes do a little trash-talking too.
Nature paper offers insight into supermassive black holes by looking at a galaxy 8 billion light years away.