From machine learning to voting, the workings of the world demand randomisation, but true sources of randomness are ...

A new study reveals that Srinivasa Ramanujan’s century-old formulas for calculating pi unexpectedly emerge within modern theories of critical phenomena, turbulence, and black holes. In school, many of ...

Ramanujan's pi-computing machinery exactly mirrors the necessary structure in modern physical theories (LCFTs).

These 20 technologists, entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, and creative thinkers are pushing artificial intelligence in ...

We’ve built a machine that knows us better than we know ourselves. Every search, click, and hesitation writes a digital version of your soul. Now, scientists are hijacking that same system — not to ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

In an era dominated by social media, misinformation has become an all too familiar foe, infiltrating our feeds and sowing seeds of doubt and confusion. With more than half of social media users across ...

Scientists in the United States have come up with a physics-based algorithm that could one day make it possible for nuclear microreactors to adjust the power output based on need. The study was funded ...

Researchers from the US and the UK have studied the relationship between a quantum algorithm’s runtime and its resilience to noise, with unexpected results Optimising the design of a quantum algorithm ...

You’re at the checkout screen after an online shopping spree, ready to enter your credit card number. You type it in and instantly see a red error message ...

Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...

When the maritime trade union Nautilus International asked memberswhat they thought of AI at a forum in January, there was some positive sentiment: “We shouldn’t automatically assume there will be ...