The math behind even the simplest ocean waves is notoriously uncooperative. A team of Italian mathematicians has made major ...

Physics has a reputation for being dominated by men, especially a century ago, as quantum physics was just being invented – ...

In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called ...

A tool called AI-Newton can derive scientific laws from raw data, but is some way from developing human-like reasoning.

Scientists struggle with the physics of fluids. A recent Google breakthrough could support better predictions and practical ...

Researchers have discovered quantum oscillations inside an insulating material, overturning long-held assumptions. Their work at the National Magnetic Field Laboratory suggests that the effect ...

For over a decade, mathematicians have failed to agree whether a 500-page proof is actually correct. Now, translating the ...

Mathematician Grigori Perelman solved the Poincaré conjecture, and then rejected the $1 million prize that came with it.

It's not a slow crush, but a sudden, terrifying phenomenon of physics that's over in less than the blink of an eye. At the depths of the Titanic wreck, a submarine's hull is subjected to pressure ...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Leo XIV on Saturday bestowed one of the Catholic Church's highest honors on St. John Henry Newman, the deeply influential 19th- century British convert and theologian, declaring ...

Particle physics is the study of the elementary building blocks of matter and radiation and their interaction. The fundamental particles are summarised by the standard model. This includes leptons ...

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