A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

Georgetown University psychologist Shadab Tabatabaeian, the paper’s lead author, imagines a “cool application” of their ...

For the first time, a quantum computer has successfully measured pairing correlations (quantum signals that show electrons ...

Scientists have developed a new way to build rare-earth crystals that boosts quantum coherence to tens of milliseconds. This leap could extend quantum communication distances from city blocks to ...

Deep learning pioneer Yoshua Bengio hits one million Google Scholar citations, marking a milestone in A.I. research impact.

Boron arsenide has dethroned diamond as the best heat conductor, thanks to refined crystal purity and improved synthesis ...

Researchers have demonstrated that the theoretically optimal scaling for magic state distillation—a critical bottleneck in ...