In the study of bacteria, a longstanding dogma has held that two molecular machines—RNA polymerase, which leads the way in transcribing DNA into RNA, and ribosomes, which bring up the rear translating ...

Learn how drawing from fixed income first can reduce sequence risk, stabilize retirement income, and protect long-term ...

Mathematician Will Sawin discusses his experience reviewing and refining a mathematical proof devised by OpenAI's internal model—and what that could mean for mathematics.

Scientists have announced the results of a decade-long quest to measure Newton’s gravitational constant, the force that keeps our feet on the ground and holds planets in orbit. The pursuit was more or ...

The cosmological constant is the mathematical description of the energy that drives the ever-accelerating expansion of the cosmos. It's also the source of one of the most enduring and confounding ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — The cosmological constant is the mathematical description of the energy that drives the ever-accelerating expansion of the cosmos. It’s also the source of one of ...

The cosmological constant has been a problem in physics since Einstein, but new research may show why it takes the value that it does despite quantum fluctuations that should make its value ...

Physicists have just dropped a new precise measurement for gravity. The newly published value for the strength of gravity, known as “G” or “Big G”, is significantly smaller than some previous ...

David E. Dunning explores how mathematical notation is a social, world-building technology. It’s natural to think of math as being fundamentally abstract. Whether it’s invented or discovered, its ...

Scientists from Brazil are challenging the traditional view of universal constants, proposing that only one constant—time itself—is needed to measure relativistic spacetime. The research team argued ...

Penn’s Math Department will restructure its linear algebra and differential equations sequence as of summer 2026, replacing MATH 2400 and 2410 with two new courses: MATH 2200 and MATH 2300. The ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A new year-long public art and community learning series is coming to SoMa this year— Math on Main, a walkable outdoor experience of art, music, food, and permanent street ...