A device smaller than a grain of dust is emerging as a surprisingly powerful candidate to reshape how quantum computers are ...

New math model controls biological noise at single-cell level, offering a path to tackle cancer relapse and drug resistance.

Dr. Vopson argues that we’re living in a simulation because the mathematics behind how the universe functions doesn’t match ...

Not all high-paying jobs come with stress or spotlight. These 10 stable, behind-the-scenes careers pay an average of $120,000 or more and are in desperate need of workers.

When it comes to hard problems, computer scientists seem to be stuck. Consider, for example, the notorious problem of finding the shortest round-trip route that passes through every city on a map ...

All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in general, research mathematicians don’t need to think about it ...

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Roland Hosch is into math. And robotics. And computers. The fifth-grade teacher at Redlands’ Kimberly Elementary School has blended it all together in his math classes. And the result has won him ...

Struggly is a gamified online math supplement that encourages and rewards student persistence, creativity, and strategy in solving digital math puzzles. Aimed at students in grades preK-8, Struggly’s ...

While 630 young math prodigies were sitting in a conference room on Australia’s sunshine coast, readying their pencils for the International Math Olympiad, a potential rival was still en route from ...

Math doesn’t have to be daunting, especially when your iPhone (or iPad) can do the heavy lifting. Tucked away inside iOS is a full-featured scientific calculator, ready to help you solve complex ...