An assistant math professor at Haverford is rallying mathematicians worldwide to boycott this year's International Congress ...

Petition signed by 2,300 scholars from 80 countries urges ‘World Cup’ to be moved due to American policies towards foreign ...

A 400-year-old mathematical puzzle concerning the most efficient way to pack spheres in eight dimensions has been solved by ...

Wang Hong, a 35-year-old Chinese mathematician at New York University, has taken two of mathematics' most prestigious prizes ...

Gross awarded $3 million “for a lifetime of groundbreaking contributions to theoretical physics, from the strong force to string theory, and for tireless advocacy for basic science worldwide." ...

Consultant haematologist Dr Thein Swee Lay has won one of the six 2026 Breakthrough Prizes – the first Malaysian-born ...

The Breakthrough Prize Foundation today announced the winners of the 2026 Breakthrough Prizes, honoring scientists whose discoveries are significantly driving growth of human knowledge. In the Life ...

Mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani was a pioneer for women in STEM professions. She broke down barriers and challenged stereotypes by excelling in a field that has historically been dominated by men. Her ...

UT Austin alumna Maggie Miller, whose research focuses on geometric topology in three to five dimensions, was awarded a prize recognizing women in mathematics. Maggie Miller. Photo credit: Do ...

Dr. Viazovska works on a variation of a conjecture introduced 400 years ago by Johannes Kepler, and she is the second woman to win the Fields Medal. By Kenneth Chang Maryna Viazovska, a Ukrainian who ...

ROYA BEHESHTI, FRIEND OF MARYAM MIRZAKHANI: Yes. So, I met Maryam when we started the sixth grade, that was the beginning of middle school. And we became close friends immediately and we stayed close ...