Nikhil Srivastava, an Indian Math whiz, recently solved a very complicated 62-year-old problem for which he received a prestigious prize in the United States

Nikhil Srivastava, an Indian math whiz, and two others have just resolved a 62-year-old puzzle. Their work has been recognized with a prestigious award in the United States. Let’s say you’ve been working on a math problem for decades and then you and your colleagues haven’t been capable of resolving it. A computer scientist comes […]

China built the world’s largest antenna using earth as the base station

To communicate with submarines patrolling thousands of kilometers distant, China has launched the world’s leading antenna. This antenna is also being utilized to improve civilian-military communications. This antenna’s specific position is unknown, however, it is thought to be somewhere in the Debei Mountains, a designated natural reserve that spans Anhui, Hubei, and Henan provinces. China’s […]

Researchers perfectly trap 25,000 Dice in a Cylinder

This method, known as ‘compaction dynamics,’ has a wide range of applications in industry, and scientists have long explored the best methods to pack different granular materials using gravity. Dice, it turns out, are the greatest item you can pack, though in a somewhat unique manner. Non-spherical objects were used to test the compact dynamics. […]