Mathematical physics

A startling experimental discovery about how fluids behave started a wave of important mathematical proofs.

Researchers have spent centuries looking for a scenario in which the Euler fluid equations fail. Now a mathematician has finally found one.

Three physicists stumbled across an unexpected relationship between some of the most ubiquitous objects in math.

In a world seemingly filled with chaos, physicists have discovered new forms of synchronization and are learning how to predict and control them.

Perfect black holes are versatile mathematical tools. Just don’t mistake them for the real thing.

People have known about magnets since ancient times, but the physics of ferromagnetism remains a mystery. Now a familiar puzzle is getting physicists closer to the answer.

On November 16, 2018, more than 200 readers joined writers and editors from Quanta Magazine for a wide-ranging panel discussion that examined the newest ideas in fundamental physics, biology and mathematics research.

Computer simulations and custom-built quantum analogues are changing what it means to search for the laws of nature.

New findings are fueling an old suspicion that fundamental particles and forces spring from strange eight-part numbers called “octonions.”