A mathematical proof shows that some quantum states can resist nature’s tendency to disorder – but only under very specific ...

Daniele Oriti’s pursuit of a theory of quantum gravity has led him to the startling conclusion that the laws of nature don’t ...

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Nobel prize in physiology or medicine has gone to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their work on disocvering microRNA and ...

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The United States has ramped up influenza surveillance amid an ongoing outbreak of the bird flu virus H5N1 in dairy cattle.

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Tom Crawford is a mathematician at the University of Oxford with a mission to share his love of maths with the world through his award-winning website, tomrocksmaths.com. Whether he's performing live ...

Mathematician Tom Crawford explains what P versus NP means – and what makes the problem so fiendishly difficult to solve ...

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