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 ...

Tampa Bay Downs will be represented on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks Feb. 7 with the Suncoast Stakes, but an early look at some of the 3-year-old fillies potentially aiming for that spot will take ...

US mortgage applications to buy a home surged last week to the highest level since early 2023, despite still-elevated borrowing costs. The Mortgage Bankers Association’s index of home-purchase ...

Mortgage applications increased 0.6% last week, driven by a 6% rise in purchase applications despite higher interest rates. The refinance index fell 3%, reflecting the impact of rising rates on ...

Talent professionals and job seekers alike are grappling with the enormous rise in job applications submitted every day, according to experts. The number of applications submitted on LinkedIn has ...

OpenAI’s relentless push for growth took another turn on Thursday when the company said it had bought Software Applications Incorporated. The company is perhaps best known for making Workflows. Apple ...

ABSTRACT: Spatial transcriptomics is undergoing rapid advancements and iterations. It is a beneficial tool to significantly enhance our understanding of tissue organization and relationships between ...

Madonna Yoder ’17 studied rocks at MIT. But her passion is for paper—with no scissors. Today, she’s a tessellation expert who teaches, invents new designs, and writes papers on the underlying math.

Instructions for folding Madonna Yoder’s Dancing Ribbons tessellation. Download the pattern for Dancing Ribbons here. Yoder recommends printing the pattern on paper in between normal printer paper and ...

Lower mortgage rates prompted mortgage applications to increase 9.2% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)’s weekly mortgage applications survey for the ...

Students continue to pursue postsecondary education—particularly Latino and Black students—and a growing share of those applicants are choosing to submit SAT and ACT scores even when institutions are ...