Physicists have long sought to describe the universe in terms of equations. Now, S James Gates explains how research on a class of geometric symbols known as adinkras could lead to fresh insights into ...

Maxwell’s equations of electromagnetism and the Euler equation top a poll to find the greatest equations of all time. Robert P Crease discusses the results of his reader survey First among equals – ...

It's the equation that launched a thousand t-shirts and changed the face of physics and yet, 100 years on from Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity, to most people E=mc² is still just a bunch of ...