Quanta Magazine

 Eugenio Calabi, who died on September 25, conceived of novel geometric objects that later became fundamental to string theory. The […]

 A new magnum opus posits the existence of a hidden mathematical link akin to the connection between electricity and magnetism.

 Mathematical logic and the code of computer programs are, in an exact way, mirror images of each other. The post

 For decades, Carrie Partch has led pioneering structural research on the protein clockwork that keeps time for our circadian rhythm.

 Physicists have long suspected that hunks of metal could vibrate in a peculiar way that would be all but invisible.

 To better understand how neural networks learn to simulate writing, researchers trained simpler versions on synthetic children’s stories. The post

 The Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded to three researchers who harnessed the quantum behaviors of semiconductor nanocrystals. The

 The development of attosecond pulses of light allowed researchers to explore the frame-by-frame movement of electrons. The post Physicists Who

 Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman have been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries leading to

 The spatial intuition behind a three-point turn offers an on-ramp to a century-old geometry problem. The post How Simple Math