The natural complexity of the universe should phase out the possibility of some advanced civilization controlling reality ...

Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.

Daniel Lokshtanov’s work explores the limits of what computers can solve, paving the way for advances in artificial intelligence and computational efficiency.

In a new, detailed breakdown of current theory, a team of physicists led by Mir Faizal of the University of British Columbia ...

Life’s origin story just became even more mysterious. Using mathematics and information theory, Robert G. Endres of Imperial College London found that the spontaneous emergence of life from nonliving ...

A mathematical model suggests that when a pair of black holes gets quantum entangled, this can give rise to a lumpy ...

Could the deepest laws of nature ever be reduced to lines of code? A team of physicists from Canada, the United States, the ...

Transitioning to quantum-safe cryptography is not necessarily a top priority for every system of every organization, said the ...

The interstellar comet 3I/Atlas reached its closest point to the sun. Here's how to follow the rest of its journey away from ...

Boardrooms across corporate America are confronting an uncomfortable truth: artificial intelligence has outpaced their ...

Vincenzo Savona, head of the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics of Nanosystems. 2025 EPFL/Murielle Gerber- CC-BY-SA 4.0 ...