A mathematical method borrowed from topology can reveal structural properties of visual art that correspond to how people perceive and respond to them, according to a new study published in PLOS ...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Scientists have long used mathematics to describe the physical properties of the universe. But what if the universe itself is math? That's what cosmologist Max Tegmark believes.

‘Another day's gone by and I didn't use algebra once.’ A philosophy of mathematics that connects it strongly with the real world gives a clearer insight into why everyone needs numeracy as well as ...

A previously unknown mathematical property has been found to be behind one of nature’s greatest mysteries – how ecosystems survive. A previously unknown mathematical property has been found to be ...

The story of 1729 chronicles the remarkable relationship between British mathematician GH Hardy and Indian mathematical ...

Let’s think big! We humans have repeatedly underestimated not only the size of our cosmos, but also our ability to understand and improve it. Over and over again, we’ve realized that everything we ...

Many quantum materials have been nearly impossible to simulate mathematically because the computing time required is too long. Now engineers have demonstrated a way to considerably reduce the ...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Scientists have long used mathematics to describe the physical properties of the universe. But what if the universe itself is math? That's what cosmologist Max Tegmark believes. In ...