Last week, I introduced Emmy Noether, an extraordinary figure in the fields of mathematics and physics. To understand Noether ...
Time has always seemed like the one thing physics could count on. Matter changes, stars die, particles flicker in and out, ...
How Emmy Noether's theorem uses the Lagrangian to provide a formula for calculating the quantity of symmetries in a system—like the orbit of planets.
The Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest atom smasher, has shut down for a planned 4-year upgrade that will make it 10 ...
The University of California system abandoned its standardized testing requirement. It’s facing an existential crisis in the ...
While most time travel movies ignore quantum physics, Christopher Nolan's Intersteller, Avengers: Endgame, Planet of the Apes ...
His work paved the way for the discovery of the Higgs boson, which explained how particles acquire mass, solving one of the ...
Every World Cup, the new ball Adidas manufactures for FIFA becomes its own storyline. This summer, scoring is up, and some ...
Yu Deng of the University of Chicago links Newtonian mechanics and the Boltzmann equation, advancing Hilbert’s Sixth Problem ...
Some of the hardest questions in cosmology begin where the usual math gives up. Push Einstein’s theory far enough back toward ...
Our body contains an intricate system of tiny vessels through which blood, water and other molecules flow. When the size of the pipes shrinks to the nanoscale, where only a few molecules can fit side ...
As a result, researchers are exploring ways to embed better logic into AI. The goal isn’t so much to make LLMs smarter; it’s ...