Rachel Thomas

Mathematics is helping machines decide when is the best time to interrupt us with a call or email.

Can Dan Goldston and Cem Yalcin Yildrim repair the hole in their proof to make the biggest breakthrough in prime number theory for 80 years?

The mathematics of Grigori Perelman may earn him a million dollars, if no holes are found in his proof of the Poincaré Conjecture.

Researchers have used mathematical modelling to understand the evolution of the influenza virus.

Win cold hard cash and bring mathematics to the people by entering the THES and OUP science writing competition.

The work of Donald Coxeter, who died on 31 March 2003, will continue to inspire both mathematicians and artists.

Winning the first Abel Prize just might elevate mathematician Jean-Pierre Serre to celebrity status!

As the largest experiment ever conducted on GM crops ends, environmentalists are concerned that the maths might not add up.

Scientists have for the first time measured the speed of gravity and tested Einstein's assumption - or have they?

Some molecules - thalidomide, for example - come in both left and right handed versions, while others are indistinguishable from their reflections. Plus finds out about the role of mathematical symmetry in chemistry.

A test invented by the mathematician Alan Turing in 1950 is helping to stop spammers.

Maths makes parallel parking easy.