Two of the four are the first Chinese-born winners of the prize since 1986.

Despite criticisms of a brain drain from China to the U.S., the awards come at a time when several high-profile Chinese scholars have returned home, some citing an increasingly…

Two of the four are the first Chinese-born winners of the prize since 1986.

The 2026 Fields Medals recognize breakthroughs in the math of messy fluids, tangled knots, spinning pencils, and more