Researchers developed a faster, more stable way to simulate the swirling electric fields inside industrial plasmas -- the kind used to make microchips and coat materials. The improved method could ...

A round-table discussion of President Trump’s first year back in office. By Michael Barbaro In the 365 days since Donald J. Trump was sworn into his second term as president, he has fired, pardoned, ...

For most Americans and Europeans alive today, a world of anarchy probably never felt quite real. Since 1945, the United States and its allies crafted and maintained an order that while neither fully ...

Banking is entering a period where long-standing constraints are fading away. For decades, limitations in technology, organizational design, risk appetite and even imagination served as quiet ...

As BioMendics prepares to share its progress during the 2026 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference and Biotech Showcase, the Ohio-based biotech is advancing what could become the first disease-modifying ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

Gift giving is arguably one of the most joyous and stressful parts of the holiday season. Figuring out who you need to shop for and how much you should spend on everyone on your list is enough to make ...

Clarification: A previous version of this story had a different image. It has been updated for clarity. Walk into any kindergarten classroom this fall, and there’s a good chance students will be ...

The leading approach to the simplex method, a widely used technique for balancing complex logistical constraints, can’t get any better. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at the ...

What if you could build software faster, smarter, and with less effort—while 90% of the coding was already handled for you? It sounds like science fiction, but with the rise of AI-driven development ...

The 5-4-3-2-1 grocery shopping method simplifies grocery shopping while still prioritizing whole foods. It can be modified to fit different dietary needs if necessary. Sometimes, going to the grocery ...

From Iran to Capitol Hill, President Trump is governing as if he believes all the constraints that limited him during his first term have collapsed. He may be right in that assessment. But if he is, ...