Posts Tagged ‘mathematics’
‘Men get math’ fails to explain gender gap
U. LEEDS (UK) / U. MISSOURI (US) — New research calls into question the theory claiming the “men are better at math” stereotype fuels the gender gap in mathematic fields. Continue…
Monday, January 23, 2012 11:46 - 12 Comments
Science & Technology - Jan 16, 2012 12:14 - 0 Comments
From seashell colors, a snapshot of evolution
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Researchers studying 19 different sea snail species have used a new technique to model the pigmentation patterns of mollusk shells, a discovery that sheds light on how ancient nervous systems evolved. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 9, 2011 12:12 - 2 Comments
Are alien probes hiding in vast space?
PENN STATE (US) — Why have we never found evidence of extraterrestrial probes in our universe? A new study suggest that, from a mathematical point of view, we have not looked in enough places. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 9, 2011 11:55 - 4 Comments
Ranked-choice voting: Does the math add up?
STANFORD (US) — “Instant runoff” voting, in which voters rank candidates in order of preference, is an increasingly popular alternative to voting for only one candidate in each race, but there’s disagreement about the validity of the results. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 14, 2011 11:16 - 0 Comments
Brainy robot gets an ‘A’ in biology
VANDERBILT / CORNELL (US) — Engineers have demonstrated for the first time that a computer can take raw experimental data and solve a complex biological modeling problem from scratch. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 11, 2011 16:21 - 3 Comments
Kids with ‘number sense’ excel in math
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Add it up: Evidence shows math ability is as much an inborn talent as artistry or athleticism. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 3, 2011 15:05 - 5 Comments
Mental abacus math: No words required
STANFORD (US) — A 400-year-old style of abacus known as a soroban is the genesis for a method of learning math mentally without the use of language. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jul 28, 2011 14:03 - 1 Comment
Early ed teachers add to later success
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Starting as early as kindergarten, quality teachers are as important as small class size, significantly affecting students’ math and reading scores in later grades. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 16, 2011 12:51 - 0 Comments
Big numbers count when learning 1-2-3
U. CHICAGO (US) — Preschool children don’t “get” counting until they are taught about the numeral four and higher numbers, according to a new study. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 18, 2011 13:39 - 0 Comments
Strike a pose. Computers are watching
NYU (US) — A crowd-sourcing music video is helping computer vision scientists give eyesight to machines. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 29, 2011 15:59 - 0 Comments
Math shows how materials meld to last
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — A large-scale computer simulation of the evolution of grain boundaries under a variety of conditions is giving scientists insight into what is needed to precisely engineer a material. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 21, 2011 15:12 - 19 Comments
Girls subtracted from math equation
U. WASHINGTON (US) — Children believe the stereotype that math is for boys, not for girls, and even go as far as identifying themselves that way, according to a new study. (more…)
Top Stories - Jan 24, 2011 13:03 - 7 Comments
Walk in the woods leads to math ‘aha!’
EMORY (US) — The recent discovery that partition numbers—the basis for adding and counting—behave like fractals is a mathematical breakthrough centuries in the making. (more…)
Top Stories - Jan 14, 2011 12:56 - 3 Comments
Deploy wireless networks like fly bristles
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — Fruit flies feel and hear using sensory bristles. It turns out the method they have evolved for arranging bristles on their bodies is very efficient, and computer scientists have taken notice. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 28, 2010 17:27 - 0 Comments
Why medicine hearts math
EMORY (US) — “The love between math and medicine goes back a long time,” says mathematician Alessandro Veneziani. Recent advances in computer imaging have brought the two even closer. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 15, 2010 12:19 - 0 Comments
Flu forecast could improve vaccine
RICE (US) — A new mathematical method may help predict whether an emerging strain of the influenza virus should be included in the annual seasonal flu vaccine. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 10, 2010 16:48 - 3 Comments
Teaching kids math early adds up
U. CHICAGO (US) — The amount of time parents spend talking to their young children about numbers has a significant impact on how they learn mathematics. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 2, 2010 16:50 - 0 Comments
Math model predicts cell behavior
NYU (US) — Researchers have developed an algebraic model of DNA “hybridization,” a process central to most biotechnology devices that monitor changes in cell’s gene expression or characterize a cell’s genome. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 17, 2010 10:47 - 0 Comments
Simulations show supernova explode in 3-D
PRINCETON (US)— New simulations created with supercomputers reveal supernovae exploding in 3-D. (more…)
