Last week, OpenAI shocked the mathematical community by revealing that one of its internal artificial intelligence (AI) models had found a counterexample to a famous conjecture made by legendary ...

A single MXene-based optical gate switches between seven Boolean logic functions via voltage, enabling trainable photonic networks for AI tasks. (Nanowerk Spotlight) All-optical logic platforms are ...

Three new books apply an economist’s lens — and language — to some of our most unruly phenomena, including war and nature itself. By Nick Summers Nick Summers is the former Sunday Business editor at ...

Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...

It’s 2026, and we’re no longer just playing with AI. The sandbox phase is over. Across industries—from finance to pharma to federal agencies—AI has moved from pet projects to real operations. Not just ...

So, you’re looking to get a handle on quantum mechanics, huh? It’s a bit of a beast, not gonna lie. But the good news is, working through problems is really the best way to start making sense of it ...

Think you have a sharp mind? Part 2 of our Logic Test Quiz is here to put your reasoning skills to the ultimate test. From number puzzles and sequences to tricky riddles and brain teasers, every ...

Targeted drug delivery has long been a cornerstone goal of modern medicine—sending therapies exactly where they’re needed while sparing healthy tissues. Yet creating treatments that can decide when ...

Boolean expressions and Boolean logic are widely used in mathematics, computer science, computer programming, and philosophy. These take their name from the 19 th century mathematician and logician ...

When the digital revolution first hit classrooms in the early 2010s—and more schools began issuing laptops or tablets to students for individual use—online learning seemed to promise a faster, easier ...