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

An experimental computer made by a Canadian company has proved its ability to solve increasingly complex mathematical problems. But the question remains — just how much of this calculating power is ...

Mathematicians have been mystified by ocean waves for centuries. But new research could be a very large step in the wave prediction world.

The central mystery of quantum mechanics is that small chunks of matter sometimes seem to behave like particles, sometimes like waves. For most of the past century, the prevailing explanation of this ...

This March 14, Short Wave is celebrating π... and pie! We do that with the help of mathematician Eugenia Cheng, Scientist In Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and author of the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Last year, onlookers observed a startling site on China’s Qiantang River: waves forming a grid-like pattern. Dubbed the “matrix tide,” this complex wave pattern was caused by the river ...

INSKEEP: Or 12 times four. GREENE: 48. INSKEEP: That's impressive, David. GREENE: Well, thank you. INSKEEP: Anyway, Wired reviewed a math homework app. Wave a smartphone camera over a math problem and ...

Last spring, after Frances Whalen had received notes about how well her daughter, Jordan Tucker, was doing in math, the eighth grader was invited to an accelerated math tutoring program. The program ...