Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have unearthed a universal thermal performance curve (UTPC) that seemingly applies to ...

“The Copernican principle is a cornerstone of most of astronomy, it is assumed without question, and plays an important role ...

A canonical problem in computer science is to find the shortest route to every point in a network. A new approach beats the ...

This is the last of three blog posts associated with this week’s episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, which addresses life in the universe. Read the first and second here. Someday, in the not too ...

A team of international physicists has brought Bayes’ centuries-old probability rule into the quantum world. By applying the “principle of minimum change” — updating beliefs as little as possible ...

The math of even the simplest ocean waves is notoriously uncooperative. A team of Italian mathematicians has made major ...

In "Mapmatics," a mathematician tells the stories of how math helps us track epidemics, map the seafloor, and plot a complex delivery route.

As humanity progresses through time, there’s a growing curiosity about how much longer we have on this planet. While we ...

After testing over 200 mattresses, we know firsthand how a supportive mattress can make all the difference if you deal with chronic aches. To find the best mattresses for back pain, we zeroed in on ...

Abstract: A current model is presented for forward-biased organic diodes at both high temperatures and low temperatures. The classical current model, which consists of two parts: the ...

In their study, Brown et. al. provide an important advance in understanding the architecture of the mycobacterial outer membrane. Using all-atom simulations of model mycomembranes, the work reports ...