New math model controls biological noise at single-cell level, offering a path to tackle cancer relapse and drug resistance.

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Carina Hong, 24, raised $64 million to build an AI mathematician that discovers new theorems and solves century-old problems.

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In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation ...

Artificial intelligence has moved from checking homework to attacking problems that professional mathematicians once treated ...

Washington has an urgent math problem. Nearly one in three students cannot demonstrate basic grade-level skills, and among low-income students it’s almost one in two. In a state that prides itself on ...

A dad in Texas turned to social media for help after becoming increasingly confused by a third-grade math problem set for his child as homework. Marty posted a screenshot of the problem to Reddit ...

In what can be a lonely field for women even during the best of times, Marisol Hernández’s first year in engineering school coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic, when classes were held remotely rather ...

We've wondered for centuries whether knowledge is latent and innate or learned and grasped through experience, and a new research project is asking the same question about AI. When you purchase ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on May 5, 2024. For many high school students returning to class, it ...