Elon Lindenstrauss, a Princeton professor of mathematics, has received one of this year's Fields Medals, widely considered to be the math world's equivalent of the Nobel Prize. "One of the best parts ...

Students studying math can focus on statistics. Statistics is one of the fastest-growing fields in the country and is ranked No. 9 for Best Technology Jobs, No. 50 in Best STEM Jobs, and No. 92 in 100 ...

Several fields of mathematics have developed in total isolation, using their own 'undecipherable' coded languages. Mathematicians now present 'big algebras,' a two-way mathematical 'dictionary' ...

TL;DR: Right now, there’s a cultural push to untie the historical link between advanced math and programming that could partially deter engineers from entering the field. But those who have a strong ...

President Obama’s 2014 budget request includes programs for research, development, and education in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields. He has called for 100,000 new STEM ...

The mathematical physics underpinning electromagnetic fields and wave equations provides a rigorous framework for understanding the behaviour of electric and magnetic phenomena in both classical and ...

Alfred Nobel's prestigious awards honor many fields but notably exclude mathematics. This has sparked curiosity for years. While popular myths about personal rivalries exist, historical research ...

Jonathan Borwein (Jon) receives funding from the ARC. Unlike the Nobel prizes and many other modern science prizes, the financial value of the Fields medal (officially known as the International Medal ...

A Kurdish refugee to the UK is one of the four recipients of the 2018 Fields medals. Caucher Birkar was given the award at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The ...

Students studying math can focus on statistics. Statistics is one of the fastest-growing fields in the country and is ranked No. 9 for Best Technology Jobs, No. 50 in Best STEM Jobs, and No. 92 in 100 ...

Princeton's Andrei Okounkov has received one of this year's Fields Medals, widely considered to be the math world's equivalent of the Nobel Prize. The awards for outstanding mathematical achievement ...