Abstract: The rooted max tree coverage (MTC) problem has wide applications in areas, such as network design and vehicle routing. Given a graph with non-negative costs defined on edges, a vertex used ...

Malus sieversii, a Tertiary relict and primary progenitor of the cultivated apple, is experiencing severe habitat degradation in China’s Tianshan Mountains. To understand how soil ecosystem functions ...

Abstract: As interconnect delay increasingly becomes the primary source of chip delay, timing analysis in the very large-scale integration (VLSI) routing process is becoming more crucial. Concurrently ...

An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Or, so it is said. Regardless of whether the age-old idiom is literally true, apples are a staple of cuisines and cultures around the world. Now, science is ...

Ever try growing an apple tree from a seed? In this time lapse, we demonstrate how a seed was stratified after extraction from a typical apple all the way to early plant. The pips were taken out of a ...

My research on social media shows high levels of misinformation and disconnect. Here’s how to talk to kith and kin this week without tears and tantrums Dr Kaitlyn Regehr is the programme director of ...

We meet Alice on a residential school trip, but it's not going well. Her classmates tease her, she misses her cat and wants to go home. She slips outside at night and falls into a fantasy world where ...