Posts Tagged ‘mathematics’
Society & Culture - Jun 3, 2010 11:24 - 0 Comments
Senior mentors: Does less equal more?
NORTHWESTERN (US)—A study of mentor-protege relationships confirms what parents and children have known for a long time: the generation gap is real–affecting not only communication, but who ultimately succeeds at mentoring and who doesn’t. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 28, 2010 13:10 - 0 Comments
Why would fish follow a robot?
NYU (US)—Forget artificial intelligence. How about artificial leadership? A mechanical engineer at New York University is combining smart materials and mathematics to build robots that lead schooling fish. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 13, 2010 14:46 - 3 Comments
New math model untangles Facebook
UNC CHAPEL HILL (US)—A new technique for examining networks can help identify patterns—and see how connections evolve. (more…)
Best of 2010, Science & Technology - Mar 26, 2010 15:50 - 29 Comments
Surfer’s ‘everything theory’ wipes out
EMORY (US)—The “exceptionally simple theory of everything,” proposed by physicist Garrett Lisi in 2007, doesn’t hold water, according to mathematician Skip Garibaldi. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 23, 2010 7:47 - 1 Comment
Formula for fighting crime hot spots
UC IRVINE (US)—A new mathematical model reveals how urban crime hot spots form and spread, and suggests that two distinct types of high-crime areas respond differently to suppression tactics. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 17, 2010 10:44 - 1 Comment
Mini river delta could help predict flooding
U. PENN (US)—An interdisciplinary team of physicists and geologists has made a major step toward predicting where and how large floods occur on river deltas and alluvial fans. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 12, 2010 12:06 - 27 Comments
Using math to formulate sex offender laws
INDIANA U. (US)—A new mathematical model could help communities that are in the midst of passing or reforming sex offender laws quantify risk and address issues of special concern. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 4, 2010 16:45 - 0 Comments
Baseball’s winning formula calculated
IOWA STATE (US)—Kerry Whisnant is a St. Louis Cardinals fan. He’s also a physicist who has worked out one of baseball’s mathematical mysteries. According to Whisnant’s calculation, runs alone don’t add up to wins. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 26, 2010 13:23 - 0 Comments
Taking hypothetical materials for a test drive
PRINCETON (US)—A breakthrough in an 80-year-old quandary in quantum physics could allow engineers to predict important characteristics of a new material before it’s been created. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 1, 2010 17:05 - 9 Comments
Girls learn lesson in math anxiety
U. CHICAGO (US)—Female elementary school teachers can pass on their anxiety and stereotypes about math to female students, research shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 13, 2010 16:51 - 2 Comments
Dealing with a universe of data
U. CHICAGO—Modeling the evolution of the universe is no mean feat, not only because of the complex mathematics involved, but also because of the sheer amount of data that is generated from a working model of—well, the universe. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 21, 2009 17:58 - 1 Comment
Fingerprinting pirates at the movies
U. ILLINOIS (US)—Most moviegoers catch the previews but miss the invisible “feature” playing on screen—an anti-piracy digital fingerprint that stamps the individual theater showing the motion picture. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 18, 2009 18:08 - 12 Comments
About face with new recognition software
U. ILLINOIS (US)—An engineering team has developed a face recognition system that is remarkably accurate in realistic situations. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 17, 2009 13:56 - 6 Comments
Hey, you never know—or do you?
EMORY (US)—Playing the lottery may be a good bet, but it’s almost always a bad investment. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 8, 2009 17:09 - 4 Comments
One size fits all networking
NORTHWESTERN (US)—A universal method can be used to accurately analyze a range of complex networks, be they social networks like Facebook, protein to protein interactions, or networks used for air transportation. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 19, 2009 19:08 - 2 Comments
Tool decodes biology’s key players
PRINCETON (US)—A team has engineered a faster, more accurate method for analyzing histones, enigmatic proteins that influence almost every aspect of how cells and tissues function. The approach offers a long-sought tool for studying stem cells, cancer, and other critical areas of biology and medicine. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 12, 2009 15:52 - 0 Comments
Internet meltdown unlikely
U. MINNESOTA (US)—Even as Internet traffic grows by as much as 50 percent a year, concerns that usage will eventually overwhelm the system are unfounded, according to work by mathematics professor Andrew Odlyzko. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 12, 2009 20:17 - 3 Comments
Cracking the body’s circadian code
U. MICHIGAN (US)—Mathematicians say they have identified the signal the brain sends to control biological rhythms, a finding that overturns a long-held theory about our internal clock and that could point to new ways to correct sleep problems like insomnia and jet lag. (more…)
