Scientists unravel new physics after laser diffracts in chiral patters
Scientists at the Institute of Industrial Science (IIS) at the University of Tokyo in Japan have come across…
Researchers Claim to Have Solved the Perplexing ‘Reverse Sprinkler’ Problem That Stumped Feynman
Scientists say they have solved in detail what may be the most famous lawn-care-related problem in all of…
Quantum Mechanics May Not Need Imaginary Numbers After All
Quantum mechanics has long relied on complex numbers to describe the strange behavior of particles, from tunneling to…
Mathematicians put AI to work on Fermat’s last theorem
Pierre de Fermat was a 17th-century mathematician Lebrecht Music& Arts, YAY Media AS/Alamy In the lobby of a…
Claude’s Solution to Decades-Long Math Mystery Is ‘Essentially Correct,’ Physicists Say
As typically is the case with AI, whether it truly adds any value to human work depends on…
Physicists Solve a “Quantum-Only” Problem Using an Ordinary Laptop
Tensor networks enable researchers to tackle quantum physics problems previously thought to be solvable only by quantum computers.…
They Spent Years on a Math Problem. Then They Were Scooped by A.I.
So last fall, when Math, Inc. told the group that Gauss had solved about 30 unfinished pieces of…
Mathematical AI helps researchers crack 50-year-old problem
Paul Erdős made many conjectures about numbers in his life Oliver Helbig/Getty Images Just a week after an…
Why Humans Are Obsessed With Numbers Too Big to Understand
One subway ride in NYC costs $3. Gizmodo has been around for 24 years. The Sun is just…
University of Manchester mathematicians appointed as Fellows of new National Academy
Four researchers from the Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE) have been appointed as inaugural Fellows of the Academy for the…