It’s the sort of easy maths problem that you can work out in a few minutes using pencil and paper, but physicists in China, Canada and Singapore have now solved pairs of linear equations like this one ...

If you read financial books and magazines, visit financial websites, and watch money-focused TV, you'll come to the conclusion that managing money is complicated. The issues associated with handling ...

For the PDF version of this article, click here. Power electronic system designers know about natural convection, which starts with the simple statement: Hot air rises. For example, a power ...

New analysis based on simple equations has reduced uncertainty about how clouds will affect future climate change. New analysis based on simple equations has reduced uncertainty about how clouds will ...

Allison Thompson of The Money Farm walks through some recent events and the impact they had on markets. Marketing and price discovery are not simple equations, and sometimes things don't add up. Corn ...

A mathematician has developed a new method for processing large volumes of COVID-19 tests which he believes could lead to significantly more tests being performed at once and results being returned ...

The brainteaser, which has gone viral on X (formerly Twitter), appears to show four basic equations. At first glance, the equation seemingly shows a pattern, one that is not easily cracked. Can you ...

The stories that matter on money and politics in the race for the White House As we start a new decade, those on the left of politics tend to hold two beliefs close to their hearts. The first is that ...