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During today's #ICM2026 opening ceremonies, the IMU announced the 2026 Fields Medals recipients:

@UChicago's Yu Deng, @stonybrooku's John Pardon, @UofT's Jacob Tsimerman, and Hong Wang of @nyuniversity and @Institut_IHES.

Read more: https://t.co/oJARAI8I8j

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Vote for "Supporting Caregivers to Build Math & Science Confidence" at @SXSWEDU's PanelPicker! We've partnered with educators, community leaders, and family engagement champions who are creating meaningful #math and #science learning opportunities for children.

Vote by August 23: https://t.co/YyzrFxNvf7

#SXSWEDU #STEM

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Thanks to all the park-goers who stopped by our pop-up solar viewing event this week to safely view the sun through solar telescopes, chat with our astrophysicists about space, science, and exploration, and visit Madison Square Park's NASA Moon Tree.

#science #astronomy

Credit: Kayla Lim, Emily Tan, Shyra Rahman/Simons Foundation

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Announcing our 12 new Targeted Simons Research Groups: 3-year, collaborative projects exploring fundamental questions in #math and #physics such as the nature of dark matter, the properties of exoplanet clouds and the role of geometry and physics in shaping the morphology of life: https://t.co/WCoNB0Da9N

#science

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Experts across science, industry, policymaking and philanthropy gathered for the 2026 Simons Science Summit to discuss how #AI is accelerating scientific discovery, reshaping research, and creating new opportunities.

Read more and watch select talks from the event: https://t.co/iT09ahdF8s #science #math

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2026 Fields medalist Jacob Tsimerman was honored for his role in the vast extension of the scope of o-minimal techniques within arithmetic and complex algebraic geometry.

Watch the full video about his work and learn more about this year's Field Medals: https://t.co/34q7TMXd47 #math #FieldsMedals #ICM2026

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Infinity has inspired mathematicians, scientists and artists for centuries, and on 8/8, it gets a full day of its own.

Join the Museum of the Moving Image for #InfinityDay, part of Open Worlds: Science, featuring talks on infinity and the multiverse, screenings of #math short films, an infinite video booth, and more.

Full schedule and RSVP: https://t.co/quTdbq4Nlw #InfiniteSums

Credit: Erica MacLean

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Join us and @SimonsFdn for a day-long celebration of infinity and mathematics this Saturday, 8/8! Enjoy screenings, drop-in activities, and conversations with designers, mathematicians, and scientists.

All programs are FREE; RSVP recommended: https://t.co/cHjRDkbZJL

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From quantum physics to robotics, Lie groups are invaluable to modern science and engineering.

Now, a new collaboration led by @Yale’s Yair Minsky is merging representation theory, geometry and randomness to reveal new insights into the mathematical structures: https://t.co/T7KnkOU8zW

#math #physics

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From Fibonacci spirals to flower petals, math is woven throughout nature. As part of our Math in Bloom program, Regina Forlenza from the @queensbotanicl is inviting visitors to explore these patterns with new trails, field guides, hands-on experiences on #InfinityDay and beyond.

Learn more and register for the garden’s 8/8 Infinity Day celebration: https://t.co/NYv3AKx6AN #InfiniteSums #math

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Building AI models trained on scientific data itself can help tackle problems across astrophysics, fluid dynamics, and molecular biology — that's the idea powering Polymathic AI, an initiative from our @FlatironInst.

Read more: https://t.co/35ZUmnSSs1

#science #AI #physics #biology

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We're accepting applications for a series of autism genetics workshops held in December 2026 and February 2027. More details: https://t.co/8lKDgNrA1h

#science #autismresearch

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Launched in 2019, the Simons Collaboration on Ultra-Quantum Matter has been working to better understand the implications of the quantum Hall effect and other fundamental aspects of ultra-quantum matter.

Read more about this research as the collaboration winds down: https://t.co/jt3uLenDMc

#science #physics

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Meet Regina Forlenza from @queensbotanicl: As part of our #InfiniteSums national math initiative, she's helping visitors discover the mathematics inherent throughout nature: https://t.co/EBIAk8FlF8

#math #science

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Our solar viewing has been rescheduled! Join us at the Southern Fountain in Madison Square Park on Tuesday (8/4) from 12-3PM (weather permitting) to safely look into the sun, chat with Simons Foundation researchers and celebrate space here on Earth.

And while you're there, be sure to visit the park's very own NASA Moon Tree! More details: https://t.co/N20uyxuxt2

#science #space #astronomy

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Last week, #FlatironCCN hosted a Junior Theoretical Neuroscientists Workshop to connect talented young theorists studying different topics with each other and the Flatiron Institute's theoretical #neuroscience community.

Credit: Emily Tan/Simons Foundation

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ICYMI: @OregonState professor Axel Saenz Rodriguez has always been enticed by solving difficult problems. So in 2025, he became a Simons Foundation Pivot Fellow to transition his research from pure #math to applied quantum #physics in hopes of developing more sustainable energy sources: https://t.co/AGENIt8X7C

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2026 Fields medalist Yu Deng derived one of the most central equations in kinetic theory and fluid dynamics — the Boltzmann equation — from the mathematics of colliding hard spheres.

In this video, Deng explains how billiards can help illustrate his groundbreaking work.

#math #FieldsMedals #ICM2026

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#InfinityDay is one week away! Want to celebrate with your community? Check out our Infinity Day activity packet, put together by our #InfiniteSums national math initiative: https://t.co/QF5BvkQHTK

These activities offer a unique window into the idea of infinite sums: the endless adding up of small parts to create something bigger, richer, and more complex. #math

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We're pleased to announce the 2026 class of our Fellows-to-Faculty program!

This fellowship supports talented early-career scientists as they transition into tenure-track faculty positions in autism and #neuroscience research.

See the new class: https://t.co/gLGWMTleoW

#science #autismresearch