A longstanding problem in physics has finally been cracked by Professor Kostya Trachenko of Queen Mary University of London's School of Physical and Chemical Sciences. His research, published in ...

A team of mathematicians from New York University and the Colorado School of Mines has solved the Sprinkler Problem, a decades-old physics mystery regarding how a sprinkler operates in reverse.

(via Sabine Hossenfelder) Progress in the foundations of physics is moving slowly. And yet it moves. Today I look at the five biggest problems in physics, what their status is, and how long it ...

A line of engineering research seeks to develop computers that can tackle a class of challenges called combinatorial optimization problems. These are common in real-world applications such as ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming scientific research, raising questions about whether machines could one day solve some of physics' deepest mysteries. For Professor Ashoke Sen, ...