Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard were recognized for their foundational work in quantum information science.

The central limit theorem started as a bar trick for 18th-century gamblers. Now scientists rely on it every day.

A straightforward conjecture about runners moving around a track turns out to be equivalent to many complex mathematical ...

Pushed down to a certain scale, the laws of physics seem to fall apart. Astrid Eichhorn, a leader in an area of study called asymptotic safety, thinks we just need to push a little further.

The last decade has seen vast improvements in humanoid robots, but graduating to widespread use might require going back to the fundamentals. “Not reliably,” Hurst said. “I don’t think it’s totally ...

Every second, hundreds to thousands of molecules move through thousands of nuclear pores in each of your cells. A new high-definition view reveals the machine in action.

For 50 years, mathematicians have believed that the total number of real numbers is unknowable. A new proof suggests otherwise.

Baez called for the development of new mathematics — he called it “green” math — to better capture the workings of Earth’s biosphere and climate. For his part, he sought to apply category theory, a ...

Intuition breaks down once we’re dealing with the endless. To begin with: Some infinities are bigger than others.