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Radio waves, longer and less energetic than visible light, give astronomers access to some of the most obscure physics in the cosmos.

Quantitative models built by the mathematical biologist Trachette Jackson can make cancer therapies safer and more effective.

Inside the symmetries of a crystal shape, a postdoctoral researcher has unearthed a counterexample to a basic conjecture about multiplicative inverses.

A patchwork of genomic differences in the placenta may explain the organ’s “live fast, die young” strategy and its connections to cancer.

Today’s long-anticipated announcement by Fermilab’s Muon g-2 team appears to solidify a tantalizing conflict between nature and theory. But a separate calculation, published at the same time, has clouded the picture.

The new volcanic fissures are more otherworldly than they first appear.

The computer scientist Rediet Abebe’s passion for applied mathematics closely aligns with her passion to solve problems with poverty and social inequality.

Fifty years ago, Paul Erdős and two other mathematicians came up with a graph theory problem that they thought they might solve on the spot. A team of mathematicians has finally settled it.

Rediet Abebe uses the tools of theoretical computer science to understand pressing social problems — and try to fix them.