Blood vessels in the brain are highly interconnected and efficient in actively regulating blood flow. Yet, the mechanisms ...

Mathematics, like many other scientific endeavors, is increasingly using artificial intelligence. Of course, math is the backbone of AI, but mathematicians are also turning to these tools for tasks ...

Mathematicians finally understand the behavior of an important class of differential equations that describe everything from ...

The field of infectious disease epidemiology is continually challenged by the emergence and re-emergence of pathogens, which can have profound societal, ...

Abstract: Roughly speaking, systems and control theory deals with the problem of making a concrete physical system behave according to certain desired specifications. To achieve this desired behavior, ...

Ken Ono, one of the most prominent figures in modern number theory, has taken leave from the University of Virginia to join Axiom Math, an AI startup founded by his former student, Carina Hong. Ono ...

From effective rain-enhancing technology to a long, secretive history of trying to weaponize storms, there’s fertile ground for misinformation. It was October 2024, and Hurricane Helene had just ...

"We have demonstrated that it is impossible to describe all aspects of physical reality using a computational theory of quantum gravity," says Dr. Faizal. "Therefore, no physically complete and ...

Pick up any science fiction book from the 1960s, and you’ll find parallel dimensions explained through magic portals or mysterious machines that work “just because.” Today’s readers want stories that ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the ...

Scanning the crowd at a fancy soiree may reveal a wide array of neckties, each fastened with a highly complex mathematical object masquerading as fashion. An entire field of mathematics is devoted to ...

Western Kentucky University’s mathematics research group has earned major recognition in the international research community with multiple student-led publications in Q1-ranked journals in control ...