A digital publication in 2008 laid out the concept and technical methods for “mining” cryptocurrency. Its author didn’t seem ...

Masaki Kashiwara wins Abel Prize as first Japanese laureate in mathematics Japanese mathematician Masaki Kashiwara, 78, has won the Abel Prize. The Abel Prize is regarded as the Nobel Prize of ...

The Department of Mathematics consists of the Mathematical Institute and the Freudenthal Institute. Mathematical research and academic education become one within the Mathematical Institute. The ...

Tokyo: Svend Brodersen was fascinated with Japan as a child -- now the German goalkeeper plays in the country and is fondly known as an "otaku", someone obsessed with Japanese pop culture.

Years of studying Satoshi Nakamoto led me to a new prime suspect. What if crypto’s creator isn’t the benign figure people ...

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have spent more than 285 days aboard the International Space Station (ISS), following what was initially planned as an eight-day research mission.

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Tokyo: Two Japanese tourists in their 20s were detained for two weeks in China and later deported for taking inappropriate photos at the Great Wall, according to local media reports. To advertise ...

Chinese mathematician Wang Hong has proven the Kakeya conjecture in one-dimensional space, which has remained unsolved for more than 100 years. This significant scientific achievement ensures that the ...

Developed by an unknown inventor using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin was more than a new digital currency—it was a completely new paradigm for financial transactions, decentralization ...

The Kakeya conjecture was inspired by a problem asked in 1917 by Japanese mathematician Sōichi Kakeya: What is the region of smallest possible area in which it is possible to rotate a needle 180 ...

Binance released on March 11 results from a global user survey to crown the most influential figures in the crypto world. Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao was voted as the most influential ...