In contrast, light inside the Lightmatter and Lightelligence devices “is actually doing math,” Rizzo says. Specifically, both use light to perform matrix multiplication, a fundamental ...

The 2025 New Horizons in Mathematics Prize has been awarded to Ewain Gwynne of the University of Chicago, for his work in conformal probability, which studies probabilistic objects such as random ...

Mr. Neiman was a Biden administration Treasury official who co-wrote trade-related academic research cited by the Trump White House. My first question, when the White House unveiled its tariff ...

Parents Defending Education founder Nicki Neily weighs in on New York public schools rejecting President Donald Trump's DEI orders and Harvard offering freshmen a remedial math course. Senate ...

Harvard might be America’s most elite university — but now it’s offering remedial math classes. The school’s math department is providing a new scaled-back math class for freshmen who are ...

Mathematics provides tools for explanation and analysis in the physical, engineering, business and social sciences. These tools can help in areas as diverse as planning and evaluating market research, ...

The math, they thought, would be a bit more nuanced, but it was rather perversely simplistic. Take the example of Pakistan, where Trump announced a 29pc tariff on imports. How was this number reached?

Hugh Cameron is Newsweek U.S. news reporter based in London, U.K. with a focus on covering American economic and business news. Hugh joined Newsweek in 2024, having worked at Alliance News Ltd ...

Some overseas officials challenged Trump's math, such as George Plant, the administrator of Norfolk Island, who told the Guardian that "there are no known exports from Norfolk Island to the United ...