Tessellations aren’t just eye-catching patterns—they can be used to crack complex mathematical problems. By repeatedly reflecting shapes to tile a surface, researchers uncovered a method that links ...

Additive manufacturing shines with promise. The discipline, also known as 3D printing, holds the promise of being the most powerful, efficient and versatile method of manufacturing, enabling a whole ...

PITTSBURGH--Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed an efficient new way to quickly analyze complex geometric models by borrowing a computational approach that has made photorealistic ...

The Sun Temple overlooks the Cliff Palace dwelling at Mesa Verde. Mesa Verde National Park's ancient cliff dwellings are impressive. But there may be something more extraordinary than meets the ...

Computer programs can handle all sorts of data, from sums of money in bank accounts to sensor readings from scientific instruments. In many cases, the data are a set of discrete elements, such as ...

TL;DR: NVIDIA unveiled RTX Neural Shaders, enhancing rendering with AI, including RTX Mega Geometry for detailed ray-traced scenes. At CES 2025, demos showed impressive results in games like Alan Wake ...

The recipient of the 2024 Crafoord Prize in Mathematics discusses math as art, math as language, and math as abstract thought. It took a long time for Claire Voisin to fall in love with mathematics.