Longstanding biology problem put to rest: Proof that a 40-year-old algorithm is the best possible will come as a relief to computer scientists

“Comparing the genomes of different species — or different members of the same species — is the basis of a great deal of modern biology. DNA sequences that are conserved across species are likely to be functionally important, while variations…

Computational science: …Error …why scientific programming does not compute.

“As a general rule, researchers do not test or document their programs rigorously, and they rarely release their codes, making it almost impossible to reproduce and verify published results generated by scientific software, say computer scientists. <…> As recognition of…