Superconductivity, a phenomenon in which electricity flows without resistance, is considered the core of quantum computers ...

Global supply chain disruptions now cost organizations an estimated $184 billion annually, and 94% of companies report ...

A framework for analyzing single-cell genomics data, in which geometrical properties are harnessed to obtain insights on cellular diversity, including precise clustering, clear visualizations, and ...

In the earliest stages of life, mammalian embryos start as a disorganized cluster of cells. As development progresses, these cells become organized into well-defined shapes and structures. This ...

Some animals carry patterns so precise and mathematically exact that scientists struggle to explain how nature produced them ...

Decades ago, Paul Erdős used randomness to illuminate the vast and weird world of networks. Now mathematicians are making his ...

New data-driven models help anticipate car battery shortages using weather, vehicle data and retail signals to keep stores stocked.

According to two U.S. officials, the strikes targeted key Iranian facilities such as ammunition depots, command and control nodes and warehouses. The Social Security math just got worse for future ...

The world still speaks about the Strait of Hormuz as if the central question were whether Iran will try to close it. That is now the wrong question. Iran’s most effective military option is not to ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in ...

Descriptive set theorists study the niche mathematics of infinity. Now, they’ve shown that their problems can be rewritten in the concrete language of algorithms. All of modern mathematics is built on ...