Chinese maths star Wang Hong has emerged as a leading contender for the 2026 Fields Medal after solving the three-dimensional Kakeya conjecture, a century-old problem in geometric measure theory.

A straightforward conjecture about runners moving around a track turns out to be equivalent to many complex mathematical ...

When Ukrainian mathematician Maryna Viazovska received a Fields Medal—widely regarded as the Nobel Prize for mathematics—in July 2022, it was big news. Not only was she the second woman to accept the ...

Baez called for the development of new mathematics — he called it “green” math — to better capture the workings of Earth’s biosphere and climate. For his part, he sought to apply category theory, a ...

Philosophy at Peking University, Logic in Amsterdam, and then Mathematics in Lyon ... for Dr. Tingxiang Zou, borders are an invitation rather than an obstacle. Tingxiang Zou is taking on a big new ...

Put a ball in a box. In two dimensions, the ball (a circle) fills most of the box (a square). In three dimensions, a sphere still takes up a good chunk of its cube. But keep adding dimensions, and ...

It's been 10 years since Go champion Lee Sedol lost to DeepMind's AlphaGo. Has the technology lived up to its potential?

With the Central Board of Secondary Education Class 12 Maths board exam scheduled for March 9, 2026, students are deep into last-minute revision. But can AI tools actually help simplify complex ...

Like physics, math has its own set of “fundamental particles”—the prime numbers, which can’t be broken down into smaller ...

Generation X is approaching retirement with the lowest savings, the thinnest safety nets, and almost no policy attention — ...

They are experts in a parasitic amoeba, scientific history, the health effects of stress and more, and now these eight faculty members can add a new title: Chancellor’s Fellow.The recognition is given ...

Most executives think being indispensable is a strength but it's actually the thing most likely to stall their career, and new data shows why.