A physicist named Nicolas Gisin from the University of Geneva recently published a series of papers that could change our entire view on the concept of “time.” Gisin’s work attempts to reconcile ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Isaac Asimov excelled at predicting the future. In one of his early science fiction stories, he introduced pocket calculators decades before you could buy them at Radio Shack. In a later book, he ...

Daniel Glasscock, an assistant professor of mathematics and statistics in the Kennedy College of Sciences, has been interested by Ramsey theory since his master’s degree studies at Central European ...

A math theory powering computer image compression, an "invisibility cloak" or the science behind the James Webb Space Telescope are some achievements that could be honored when the Nobel physics prize ...

Math as both profession and course of study can be a hard sell, something even Don Draper might have trouble pitching. The field unites numbers, theories, and ideas that, yes, can be physically ...

The world of mathematics is filled with marvelous mysteries. For many mathematicians ABC conjecture is possibly at the top of that list, stated Live Science. The problem is so confusing that even its ...

A Japanese entrepreneur is offering to shell out $1 million (140 million yen) to anyone who can finally resolve a deadlock over a proof of a math brainteaser. Nobuo Kawakami, the founder of Dwango Co.

A math theory powering computer image compression, an "invisibility cloak" or the science behind the James Webb Space Telescope are some achievements that could be honored when the Nobel physics prize ...