When it comes to working with data in a tabular form, most people reach for a spreadsheet. That’s not a bad choice: Microsoft Excel and similar programs are familiar and loaded with functionality for ...

Twenty years after publication of the report To Err Is Human, studies demonstrate persisting high levels of patient harm. Most patient safety measurement remains highly retrospective, relying on ...

Trial-to-trial variability can result from both deterministic sources, such as complex dynamics or internal states, and randomness — that is, noise. This Review focuses on noise and its impact along ...