For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.

A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

A research team led by the A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore (A*STAR GIS) have developed a method to accurately and ...

Cell division is a process of remarkable precision: during each cycle, the genetic material must be evenly distributed between the two daughter cells. To achieve this, duplicated chromosomes, known as ...