Mathematicians are “reinventing the wheel” by giving it a new shape. Their newly imagined wheel looks like a many-dimensional guitar pick, and it could theoretically roll in ways beyond our ...

The fourth dimension isn’t something we can perceive, but it can still be an important tool for physicists. Scientists from the University of Missouri used a 4D “synthetic dimension” to develop a ...

It is rare to read about “spectacular progress” or a “once-in-a-century” result in mathematics. That’s for good reason: if a problem has not had a solution for many years, then completely new ...