How the proteins in our bodies bind together to form protein complexes plays a critical role in numerous cell functions—staving off diseases, for instance, or transporting ions across cell membranes.

Transformations are the key to such codes, and they rely on math that predates computing as we know it by centuries. There ...

Normally, I worry that events may overtake a column. But not so with the Iran war. I don’t worry about running afoul of a headline or Truth Social post from the president because what is said about ...

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In October 2024 I attended a workshop at Harvard University where mathematicians talked through the uses of artificial intelligence in their field. Most were less worried about the future of math than ...

One afternoon earlier this year, my 11-year-old son was sitting at his laptop and working quietly on his math homework. At least, that’s what he was supposed to be doing. When I glanced at his screen, ...

I enjoyed Mark Lewis’s lighthearted April 12 column on “Girl Math” and appreciated his humor and self-awareness. However, I’d like to gently point out something the column inadvertently reveals about ...

My wife came home one day and said, “Honey, I have great news.” “What’s that?” I asked, secretly hoping she was about to announce she wanted to take up golf. “I just saved you $500,” she said with the ...

In addition to ascertaining that the internal vitality of the mathematical sciences is excellent, as illustrated in Chapter 2, the current study found a striking expansion in the impact of the ...

Though many things seem more uncertain than ever, some things never change. James Cameron is still making Avatar movies. The State Street Chipotle is still out of ingredients. And, “Michigan Math” is ...

Computational tools are frequently used to describe pathogen evolutionary dynamics either within infected hosts or at the population level. However, there is a lack of models that capture the complex ...

You’d be surprised how many young people can’t read this. One of its conclusions tells the sad tale. “Between 2020 and 2025, the number of students whose math skills fall below high school level has ...