In recognition of Vincenzo Vitelli’s groundbreaking work in materials science, the MacArthur Foundation has named the ...

The Simons Foundation today announced a new set of initiatives that will help the mathematics community navigate the rapid rise of artificial intelligence in the field. Under a partnership… ...

The Simons Foundation is now accepting applications from undergraduate students to participate in its Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN) program for the 2025–2026… ...

The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of the Simons Collaboration on the Physics of Learning and Neural Computation. The collaboration will employ and develop powerful tools from… ...

In the 1930s, Michael Goldberg designed a family of highly symmetric spherical forms consisting of hexagons and pentagons. Because of their aesthetic appeal, organic feel and easily understood ...

With those unanswered questions in mind, the Simons Foundation and Simons Foundation International have launched a new collaborative research program to advance our scientific understanding of methods ...

The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the 2026 class of its Fellows-to-Faculty program. The program supports talented early-career scientists and their research visions as they transition into ...

Black holes are some of the most extreme places in the universe. The gravitational pull of these objects is so great that even light can’t escape them. The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the ...

Sabbatical research leaves provide mathematicians with opportunities for intellectual stimulation and collaboration that foster innovative research. Recognizing this, the Simons Foundation’s ...

Quanta Books is delighted to announce two new upcoming books by mathematician Terence Tao and theoretical physicist David Tong. Six Math Essentials will be Tao’s first math book written for a popular… ...

Now, those researchers have determined why they were able to trounce the quantum computer at its own game. Their answer, presented on October 29 in Physical Review Letters, reveals that the quantum ...

The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience has selected Associate Research Scientist Alex Williams of the Flatiron Institute’s Center for Computational Neuroscience as a 2025 McKnight Scholar.