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arXiv is pleased to announce that three leading philanthropic organizations have provided multimillion-dollar support for arXiv.

Study finds overall differences between groups of newborns by sex that are likely to be determined by biology.

An international team including Nobel Prize-winning physicist Professor Sir Roger Penrose has observed a long-predicted effect of gravity on a falling quantum object for the first …

Scientists disagree on how biology got started and on whether we can ever know for sure

The founding editor built a math and science magazine that high schoolers and Nobel laureates alike read. Now, he’s turned to books.

A widespread assumption outside structural biology is that recent advances in protein structure prediction, particularly AlphaFold, have effectively solved the structure problem.

The computational neuroscientist on how scientists themselves need to better advocate for government support.

The former Perimeter Institute postdoctoral researcher went on to become a research scientist at Flatiron Institute, specializing in tensor networks.

Opening May 16, 2026, the exhibition showcases over 140 haute couture creations alongside contemporary art, design, and scientific artifacts, inviting visitors to explore how Van Herpen merges craftsmanship …

One of the most transformational projects in New York higher education is Empire AI, a first-in-the-nation consortium of public and private research universities to advance …

Combining fossil and geochemical analysis, researchers showed that eukaryotic cells were already complex and aerobic 1.7 billion years ago, pushing back the dawn of eukaryogenesis.

Patients with exceedingly rare genetic diseases fall through the cracks of the medical system. This doctor is designing drugs for them, one at a time.

On April 19, Humanities in Medicine, the Duke Program in Literature, the DeWitt Wallace Center, Duke English and Duke’s Program in Education hosted “Storytelling Through Science Journalism …

Snapshot measurements of cold-atom gases reveal hidden spin correlations that could force an update of some superconductivity theories.

The Hubble Arp Galaxy Survey turned the talents of the Hubble Space Telescope toward 216 targets in the Arp and Arp–Madore catalogs. These catalogs contain galaxies that …

The catch? Once they enter the any colony, the beetles can never leave.

In a new preprint, GPT‑5.2 proposed a formula for a gluon amplitude later proved by an internal OpenAI model and verified by the authors.

A study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience reveals that the geometry of brain activity patterns determines how well knowledge transfers to new situations, and presents a single …

With warmer ocean temperatures, the composition of marine plankton could shift from protein-rich to carb-heavy, a new study suggests.

A new study reveals that the geometry of brain activity patterns determines how well knowledge transfers to new situations, and presents a single mathematical formula that captures this …

A new preprint shows that a type of particle interaction many physicists expected would not occur can in fact arise under specific conditions. The work focuses on gluons …

New research examines a newly characterized beetle species, Sceptobius, that lives in a symbiotic relationship with ant colonies, and finds that Sceptobius infiltrates ant colonies by developing an …

A group of ocean bacteria long considered perfectly adapted to life in nutrient-poor waters may be more vulnerable to environmental change than scientists realized.

Astronomers may have uncovered how the most common types of planets in our galaxy grow. The discovery confirms astronomers’ theories that these planets start as 'bloated' babies but …

Simons Foundation president David Spergel talks about the evolving landscape for science philanthropy, his outlook for the research enterprise, and remaining hopeful in an uncertain time.

Tensor networks grapple with the complexities of both quantum particles and machine learning.

New York aims to democratize access to hardware often limited to federal labs and Big Tech.

A new paper, researchers at the Flatiron Institute, NYU Langone, and Rutgers University propose that sensory neurons are not just passive filters but active, “self-supervised learners“. Their …

The Museum of the Moving Image is becoming a place to gather, play, and create.

A new study finds that mice with variants in autism-associated genes have difficulty flexibly updating their expectations. The mice relied more on frontal brain areas associated with …

The age at which a person is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder is sometimes linked to their genetic make-up and their risk of developing mental-health conditions …

Experiments with small, floating slabs of ice have revealed melting-induced shape changes that may explain why icebergs sometimes flip over.

Exploring one of the greatest discoveries of modern astronomy — that our universe is expanding — and the new questions it raises about how the cosmos works.

Neuroscientists from 22 labs joined forces in an unprecedented international partnership to produce a landmark achievement: a neural map that shows activity across the entire brain during decision …

The visit was part of the six-week Summer Bridge Program, designed to prepare the incoming first-year science, technology, engineering and math students for the next four …

Scientists have figured out how proteins may have been created on early Earth.

Scientists are seeking to decipher the role of non-coding DNA in the human genome, helped by a suite of artificial-intelligence tools.

The tempestuous star in Orion’s shoulder has a buddy, and neither of their futures look bright.

New research from two UCLA professors with support from the Simons Foundation’s Math + X program opens the door to revolutionary advances — with already proven results.

Now, thanks to a decade of observations by the Hubble Space Telescope, we have a chance to see Andromeda as never before. Early this year, NASA released a …

Observations of a baby star may show the earliest stages of planet formation that astronomers have ever seen.

New data suggests that dark energy, the force driving cosmic acceleration, might be weakening with time. If so, expansion could eventually slow, stop, or even reverse.

The international space industry is on a growth trajectory, but new research shows a rapid increase in rocket launches would damage the ozone layer.

In 2014, mathematician Peter Lax discussed his incredible career and accomplishments as part of the Simons Foundation’s Science Lives series.

Peter Lax, an innovator in applied mathematics who left Hungary during World War II and worked on U.S. atomic bomb calculations as a college student while developing …

The Perimeter Institute is like a concert hall where the deepest symphonies of nature are composed and performed.

This year will be a big one for quantum computing, at least according to the United Nations: 2025 is officially the “International Year of Quantum Science and Technology …

The cloud, named Eos, is chock-full of molecular hydrogen and possibly rife with star-forming potential in the future.