History is full of scientific ideas that sounded absurd, offended common sense, or clashed with powerful institutions, only ...

Most of us first hear about the irrational number π (pi)—rounded off as 3.14, with an infinite number of decimal digits—in ...

A new equation calculates how many fragments of each size will be produced when an object breaks. The principle could help ...

The mathematical reasoning model performed as well as humans at prestigious international mathematics competitions.

A detailed suite of simulations conducted by astrophysicists at the Flatiron Institute and their collaborators showed that magnetic fields can produce black holes with masses that were previously ...

Ramanujan's pi-computing machinery exactly mirrors the necessary structure in modern physical theories (LCFTs).

A new study reveals that Srinivasa Ramanujan’s century-old formulas for calculating pi unexpectedly emerge within modern theories of critical phenomena, turbulence, and black holes. In school, many of ...

Deadly and destructive, earthquakes remain unpredictable, but faster models that look beneath the ground, can help better ...

Building on decades of effort, Lizhong Zhang, Member (2023–24) in the School of Natural Sciences; James Stone, Professor in ...

Applied mathematics is the application of mathematical techniques to describe real-world systems and solve technologically relevant problems. This can include the mechanics of a moving body, the ...

Ten works of fiction and nonfiction that stood out among those our reviewers read this year, selected by the Journal’s books editors. Matt Pincus is helping aging punk rockers get their music rights ...

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