Posts Tagged ‘statistics’
Diverse neuron ‘dream teams’ beat the rest
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — Scientists have used a statistical model to evaluate the fitness of individual neurons and find which ones will make the most successful “team.” Continue…
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Words let software date Medieval writing
U. TORONTO (CAN) — Based on the appearance of popular words or phrases, new software can tell when medieval British documents were written. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 22, 2013 6:45 - 0 Comments
Genes tied to severe autism may play bigger role
BROWN / VANDERBILT (US) — Two genes once shown to cause rare forms of autism now appear to have a wider role in general forms of the disease, a new statistical analysis shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 14, 2013 8:31 - 1 Comment
College doesn’t raise risk of substance abuse
PENN STATE (US) — Despite the high level of binge drinking on college campuses, enrollment doesn’t lead to substance abuse later in adulthood—and in some cases, may actually prevent it. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 6, 2013 7:12 - 1 Comment
Basic physics may speed up climate modeling
BROWN / U. LEEDS (US) — A new approach that uses basic physics to simulate key elements of climate change may be more effective than methods that “follow every little swirl of water or air,” researchers say. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 18, 2013 17:35 - 1 Comment
‘Time machine’ brings back ancestor languages
UC BERKELEY (US) — A new computer program can rapidly reconstruct “proto-languages”—the linguistic ancestors from which all modern languages have evolved. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 2, 2013 12:21 - 0 Comments
How ‘tip jet’ winds affect ocean circulation
U. TORONTO (CAN) — Gale-force winds that whip around the Greenland coast are driving ocean circulation, a study confirms. (more…)
Top Stories - Dec 27, 2012 11:45 - 1 Comment
To learn songs, bird brains catch small errors
EMORY (US) — Outfitting birds with tiny headphones has allowed scientists to create a statistical explanation for why some things are harder for brains to learn than others. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 5, 2012 10:40 - 0 Comments
Missing data skew clinical trials
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Large amounts of missing data in clinical trials undermine the scientific credibility of the studies and can lead to unjustified conclusions about the efficacy of drugs, biologic products, and medical devices. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 30, 2012 15:00 - 0 Comments
Study: Don’t knock antibiotics for Lyme yet
BROWN (US) — Researchers have analyzed studies saying antibiotic retreatment is futile for chronic Lyme disease, and report that the studies prove nothing either way. (more…)
Top Stories - Jul 31, 2012 11:04 - 1 Comment
Wikileaks war logs predict Afghanistan conflict
U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — With 2004-09 data from the Wikileaks Afghan War Diary, scientists were able to accurately predict 2010 armed opposition group activity. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 2, 2012 16:58 - 0 Comments
‘Moneyball’ twist: What’s a hockey player worth?
U. TORONTO (CAN) — What Billy Beane and Paul DePodesta did for baseball, an engineering duo hopes to do for hockey. (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 11, 2011 11:25 - 2 Comments
‘Hot hands’ keep athletes on win streak
YALE (US) — Athletes on a winning streak are likely to stay on one, according to new evidence that supports the “hot hand” phenomenon. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 11, 2011 16:52 - 2 Comments
Mining knowledge begets knowledge
U. CHICAGO (US) — The Internet no longer simply disseminates knowledge—it now has the potential to shape research through the expansion of metaknowledge—the study of knowledge itself. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 27, 2010 17:22 - 1 Comment
Almost half of injured Haitians are children
USC (US)—Victims of the Jan. 12 quake in Haiti include an extraordinarily high number of children—more than 110,000, nearly half of the estimated total—according to a statistical study. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 13, 2010 16:19 - 0 Comments
Future Forests: Beyond 2200
U. ILLINOIS—The composition of some U.S. forests might be quite different 200 to 400 years from today, a new study suggests. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 7, 2010 12:45 - 6 Comments
Education level a factor in autism clusters
UC DAVIS—Researchers have identified 10 locations in California where the incidence of autism is higher than surrounding areas in the same region. Most of the areas, or clusters, are in locations where parents have higher-than-average levels of education. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Oct 23, 2009 11:41 - 0 Comments
Predicting power outages before the storm
JOHNS HOPKINS/TEXAS A&M (US)—Using data from Hurricane Katrina and four other storms, researchers have created new computer models to help utilities better forecast hurricane-caused power outages in advance. (more…)
