In this video, I explore the fundamental principles of the universe, starting with the Dirac equation to derive the theory of matter from an empty universe. I introduce the concept of the quantum ...

AIP and APS are honored to award Charles Thorn with the 2026 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics. Thorn is being ...

Gerd Faltings proved a conjecture that had been unsolved for six decades, using connections between numbers and geometry.

Most leading mathematicians show early talent, but 2022 Fields Medalist June Huh developed his passion much later, once disliking math and dropping out of high school to pursue poetry.

Spencer Leslie received two prestigious honors, just months after being awarded the National Science Foundation’s CAREER ...

A novel theory suggests that the current expansion rate of the universe is not fixed, but was in fact quite different in the ...

Among world-class mathematicians who have committed to regularly returning to Vietnam to supervise doctoral students at the ...

This year’s Abel prize, an annual mathematics lifetime-achievement award, bestowed by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and modeled on the Nobel Prize, has been given to Gerd Faltings, a ...

How fast can a galaxy build ordered magnetic fields spanning thousands of light-years? Existing theories say several billion years, but observations of galaxies in our universe imply shorter ...

This year’s Abel Prize, an annual lifetime achievement award for mathematics that is bestowed by the Norwegian Academy of ...

Peter Badge. Mathematics often feels like a collection of isolated islands. Each one operates with its own rules, and building bridges between them is notoriously difficult. Today, the Norwegian ...

Princeton awarded the James Madison Medal to Terence Tao GS ’96 at Alumni Day last month, recognizing his achievements in Mathematics and advancing the cause of graduate education.