A viral optical illusion challenges readers to find the hidden number \"7103\" amidst a grid of \"7105.\" The speed at which ...

Inspired by an artist's stencils, researchers have developed atomic-level precision patterning on nanoparticle surfaces, ...

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

The amplituhedron, a shape at the heart of particle physics, appears to be deeply connected to the mathematics of paper ...

Prime numbers are sometimes called math’s “atoms” because they can be divided by only themselves and 1. For two millennia, ...

It was previously thought that children younger than 7 couldn't find efficient solutions to complex problems, but new ...

Abstract: A critical optimization job in power system operation is the Optimal Power Dispatch (OPD) problem, which aims to minimize the total generation cost while meeting power demand and system ...

Inside the forensic lab where the tiniest trace of red shimmer—the "nearly perfect" form of proof—closed a case.