Abstract: Vector addition systems with states (VASS), also known as Petri nets, are a popular model of concurrent systems. Many problems from many areas reduce to the reachability problem for VASS, ...

Engineers at MIT have turned one of computing’s biggest headaches, waste heat, into the main act. By sculpting “dust-sized” silicon structures that steer heat as precisely as electrical current, they ...

Clara Ann Clothiaux died peacefully at her home in Auburn, Alabama, on Wednesday afternoon, January 21, 2026, with her kids ...

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