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Elise LePage: How String Theory Leads to Beautiful Mathematics
4+ week, 2+ day ago (406+ words) Junior Fellow Elise LePage of the Simons Society of Fellows turns intuition from theoretical physics into new mathematics. String theory provides an avenue for uniting quantum physics and gravity, but it remains highly speculative. The theory predicts that the universe…...
Funding Opportunity Available for Empire AI Projects
1+ week, 4+ day ago (383+ words) Simons Foundation New York State’s Empire AI consortium is accelerating the state’s leadership in AI-powered research. As part of its ongoing support for the effort, the Simons Foundation has announced a new funding opportunity that will provide $6 million in total…...
Watch: Fields Medalist Terence Tao on Artificial Intelligence and Why We Do Math
4+ week, 2+ day ago (679+ words) At the 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians, mathematician Terry Tao discussed the future of AI in mathematics and why the field needs to start asking philosophical questions about its goals and values. Artificial intelligence is transforming countless fields, and mathematics is…...
New Simons Collaboration Explores Defects in Physics
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (260+ words) Jaume Gomis of the Perimeter Institute will lead the collaboration’s work exploring nonlocal observables in theoretical physics. Defects show up in all areas of theoretical physics, including quantum field theory, condensed matter and gravity. They even appear in pure mathematics....
Nour Al Hassanieh: Using Wave Dynamics to Improve Medical Imaging
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (739+ words) Flatiron Research Fellow Nour Al Hassanieh develops accurate and efficient algorithms for solving wave equation problems, an endeavor with many potential applications. Sound, light and water waves all move through space dynamically, and their behavior can be difficult to predict…...
2026 Travel Support for Mathematicians Awardees Announced
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (140+ words) Simons Foundation The Simons Foundation has awarded $5.7 million to 141 mathematicians across the United States to foster scientific collaboration and fund research travel. The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the latest recipients of its Travel Support for Mathematicians Award. These…...
Simons Foundation Funds 12 Targeted Math and Physics Research Groups
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (232+ words) Each group will receive three years of funding to support research into fundamental questions. As part of its mission to advance the frontiers of research in mathematics and the basic sciences, the Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the funding…...
At the Simons Science Summit, Leaders Explore How AI Is Transforming Scientific Discovery
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (656+ words) Experts across science, industry, policymaking and philanthropy gathered for the 2026 Simons Science Summit to discuss how artificial intelligence is accelerating scientific discovery, reshaping research and raising new opportunities and risks. “At heart, AI is a new technology, and much like…...
Quantum Effects Go Macro: Collaboration Unravels the Ultra-Quantum Realm
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (717+ words) After seven years, the researchers behind the Simons Collaboration on Ultra-Quantum Matter reflect on their progress in understanding systems that display quantum properties at large scales. If you shrank yourself down to the scale of an atom, the world would…...
Simons Foundation Awards 4 New Scientific Software Research Faculty Fellowships
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (117+ words) Simons Foundation The Simons Foundation’s Mathematics & Physical Sciences division has awarded four new Scientific Software Research Faculty Fellowships. The Scientific Software Research Faculty Fellowships help institutions establish new positions, providing the fellows’ home institutions with five years of salary support…...