Rachel Thomas

Researchers have shown that the fates of our collective memories, whether of a song, a research paper, an invention or a sports star, are all described by the same mathematical equation.

A hundred years ago Ramanujan was elected FRS. Here is a look at the maths that gained him the title.

Revolutionary laser tools that have changed our lives have won the Nobel prize in physics.

Ali Nesin has been awarded the 2018 Leelavati Prize for creating a mathematical paradise for Turkish students and the world's mathematicians.

Masaki Kashiwara wins the Chern medal for his "outstanding and foundational contributions to algebraic analysis and representation theory sustained over a period of almost 50 years."

Good news from the International Congress of Mathematicians!

Akshay Venkatesh has been awarded the Fields medal 2018 for his work exploring the boundaries of number theory.

Peter Scholze has received the Fields medal 2018 for transforming arithmetic algebraic geometry.

Physics is all about observation. But how much can we actually see with the naked eye?

The limits to what we can observe are not only a matter of science, but also of politics and economics.

Observing the smallest building blocks of matter doesn't involve seeing in the ordinary sense.