The verdict, it seems, is in: artificial intelligence is not about to replace mathematicians. That is the immediate takeaway from the “First Proof” challenge—perhaps the most robust test yet of the ...

Apple released iOS 26.2.1 for the public last week, but if you haven't updated yet, you may want to hold off. A number of users are reporting that the latest iOS build is causing some serious issues.

Macworld reports that iPhone users are experiencing significant problems with iOS 26.2.1, including app crashes, device freezes, and severe battery drain issues. Multiple forum threads on Apple ...

An illustration of an antibody disrupting the binding between a virus particle and a receptor on the edge of a membrane. A drug (orange) blocks the SARS-CoV-2 virus (gold sphere with white protruding ...

Abstract: This article proposes an expectation maximization sample transfer identification (EM-STI) algorithm to address the parameter identification problem in dynamic systems with nonideal data.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

Osaka, Japan – Researchers have clarified the mechanisms by which energy loss is locally maximized at a certain rotational speed in gas-liquid two-phase flows driven by rotors, providing fundamental ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - While adaptations of popular novels are made well enough for all to enjoy, the transition from a game on one’s phone to the big screen is a struggle for the popular “Five ...

If you work somewhere that sometimes involves broken code, followed by someone pinging a coworker in Slack with a harried message like “hey @[human’s name] can you push a quick fix for this?😬” ...

Whether you go to a gym or open an app at home, it’s surprisingly difficult to come up with a week’s worth of workouts. It’s why you feel like you’re stuck in a rut or always bored two minutes into ...

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 ...