Steve Nadis

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A New Geometry for Einstein’s Theory of Relativity

July 16, 2025

A team of mathematicians based in Vienna is developing tools to extend the scope of general relativity.

The Fastest Way Yet to Color Graphs

May 12, 2025

Researchers have devised a scheme for painting the edges of a graph that’s almost as speedy as possible.

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Improving Deep Learning With a Little Help From Physics

April 23, 2025

Rose Yu has a plan for how to make AI better, faster and smarter — and it’s already yielding results.

A New Proof Smooths Out the Math of Melting

March 31, 2025

A powerful mathematical technique is used to model melting ice and other phenomena. But it has long been imperiled by certain “nightmare scenarios.” A new proof has removed that obstacle.

Undergraduate Upends a 40-Year-Old Data Science Conjecture

February 10, 2025

A young computer scientist and two colleagues show that searches within data structures called hash tables can be much faster than previously deemed possible.

Cosmologists Try a New Way to Measure the Shape of the Universe

January 27, 2025

Is the universe flat and infinite, or something more complex? We can’t say for sure, but a new search strategy is mapping out the subtle signals that could reveal if the universe has a shape.

New Book-Sorting Algorithm Almost Reaches Perfection

January 24, 2025

The library sorting problem is used across computer science for organizing far more than just books. A new solution is less than a page-width away from the theoretical ideal.

Novel Architecture Makes Neural Networks More Understandable

September 11, 2024

By tapping into a decades-old mathematical principle, researchers are hoping that Kolmogorov-Arnold networks will facilitate scientific discovery.

Mathematicians Prove Hawking Wrong About the Most Extreme Black Holes

August 21, 2024

For decades, extremal black holes were considered mathematically impossible. A new proof reveals otherwise.

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