AI math proof verification reached a new frontier as DeepMind’s AlphaProof Nexus solved nine open Erdős research problems with Lean-verified proofs, some unsolved for 56 years. The May 2026 Science Ne ...

P vs. NP asks: are these two classes actually the same? If P = NP, then every “hard” problem is secretly fast to solve; we ...

Inner Spectrum slows things down considerably, gathering abstract and semi-abstract works from five artists interested less in explanation than emotional residue. Across layered textures, shifting ...

A new quantum-inspired algorithm has cracked a problem so massive that conventional supercomputers struggle to even approach it. Researchers used the method to simulate extraordinarily complex quantum ...

Abstract: Escape routing is a critical problem in printed circuit board (PCB) routing, and its quality dramatically affects the cost of the PCB design. Unlike the traditional escape routing that works ...

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to add, starting with ...

Companies are offering much-needed, but expensive, air purification systems to shelter from the smog in one of the world’s most polluted cities. Workers assembling YOGA Clean Air units in a factory in ...

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 ...

Children as young as 4 years old are capable of finding efficient solutions to complex problems, such as independently inventing sorting algorithms developed by computer scientists. The scientists ...