A shape that captured worldwide attention for solving a decades-old mathematical puzzle has returned to the spotlight. While ...
Discovered by an amateur mathematician in 2022, this strange construct can tile an infinite surface without repeating. But ...
Joan Birman popularized the Burau representation problem decades ago. Now she and two colleagues have a proof that reveals ...
Scientists at the Institute of Industrial Science (IIS) at the University of Tokyo in ...
Quirky backyard sprinklers helped scientists solve a decades-old mystery about how flowing water makes objects spin.
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Researchers have settled a physics riddle that persisted for more than a century: what happens when a lawn sprinkler sucks ...