Mathematicians model 5G mobile communications of the future
Scientists from RUDN University have created a mathematical model of reliable microwave communication for mobile phones and other devices. The results of the research have been published in a special...
View ArticleScientists see order in complex patterns of river deltas
River deltas, with their intricate networks of waterways, coastal barrier islands, wetlands and estuaries, often appear to have been formed by random processes, but scientists at the University of...
View ArticlePhysicists use mathematical algorithms to examine experimental 3-D structures...
Everyone knows that long bits of yarn, or charging cables and the like, tend to get quickly tangled and form nasty knots. Little is known about the structures of our genetic material, chromosomes,...
View ArticleA way to dramatically improve resolution of confocal microscopy
A team of researchers at Cornell University has developed a way to dramatically improve the resolution of confocal microscopy. They describe the technique in a paper they have had published in Physical...
View ArticleNew mathematical models could help solve few-body problems in physics
In physics, the conundrum known as the "few-body problem," how three or more interacting particles behave, has bedeviled scientists for centuries. Equations that describe the physics of few-body...
View ArticleStudy examines hiring, retention of women and underrepresented minorities in...
Women and underrepresented minorities have been actively recruited by universities for faculty positions in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields for some time now. Has this...
View ArticleResearcher seeks to tame 'ghost' of uncertainty in complex dynamic systems
We're surrounded by dynamic systemsâsystems demonstrating behavior changing through timeâin engineering, nature, civilization, even our personal lives. Even an ordinary bathtub could be considered a...
View ArticleResearchers offer new information warfare model
Researchers have collaborated to develop a mathematical model of information warfare in a society under periodic destabilization. The authors of the paper, which was published in Mathematical Models...
View Article2017 hurricanes and aerosols simulation
Tracking the aerosols carried on the winds let scientists see the currents in our atmosphere. This visualization follows sea salt, dust, and smoke from July 31 to November 1, 2017, to reveal how these...
View ArticleNew computational methodology gives unexpected answers to two Hilbert problems
A paper titled "Numerical infinities and infinitesimals: Methodology, applications, and repercussions on two Hilbert problems," published in EMS Surveys in Mathematical Sciences describes a recent...
View ArticleMathematical model mimics melanoma
Cancer cells' ability to tolerate crowded conditions may be one key to understanding tumor growth and formation, according to a mathematical model that has been applied to cancer cell growth for the...
View ArticleMedium-sized carnivores most at risk from environmental change
In a surprise ecological finding, researchers discover medium-sized carnivores spend the most time looking for food, making them vulnerable to change.
View ArticleFirst mathematical network model for the Battle of the Sexes
Why is it easier to bridge conflicting interests in one neighbourhood than in another? Social scientists think that the residents' social networks may play an important role in the answer to this...
View ArticleRandomness a key in spread of disease, other 'evil'
An unfortunate church dinner more than 100 years ago did more than just spread typhoid fever to scores of Californians. It led theorists on a quest to understand why many diseases - including typhoid,...
View ArticleMaths for midges that pull 10g
Midges move with ferocious randomness, frequently subjecting themselves to accelerations of more than 10g, well beyond the limit of fighter pilots, as they duck and dive in swarms that still retain an...
View ArticleSupercomputers help researchers design cancer models and predict treatments...
Attempts to eradicate cancer are often compared to a "moonshot"âthe successful effort that sent the first astronauts to the moon.
View ArticleSeeing in the darkâhow plant roots perceive water through growth
Without eyes, ears, or a central nervous system, plants can perceive the direction of environmental cues and respond to ensure their survival.
View ArticleMath can predict how cancer cells evolve
Applied mathematics can be a powerful tool in helping predict the genesis and evolution of different types of cancers, a study from the University of Waterloo has found.
View ArticleNew study suggests human fleas and lice were behind Black Death, not rodents
A team of researchers with the University of Oslo has found evidence that suggests human fleas and lice, not rodents, were behind the spread of the plague that killed millions of people over the course...
View ArticleThe Fields Medal fallacy: Why this math prize should return to its roots
The Fields Medal, whose origins date back to the 1930s, will be issued again this year in August to up to four of the world's most accomplished mathematicians under the age of 40. In a commentary for...
View ArticleHow living systems compute solutions to problems
How do decisions get made in the natural world? One possibility is that the individuals or components in biological systems collectively compute solutions to challenges they face in their environments....
View ArticleMobility patterns influence the spread and containment of an epidemic
Contrary to expectations, recurring mobility between different cities or districts of a large city (for example, work-home commutes) can minimise the spread of an epidemic. This is the finding of...
View ArticleThe algorithms of our future thinking machines
Behind every self-driving car, self-learning robot and smart building hides a variety of advanced algorithms that control learning and decision making. Some of the mathematical models that make up the...
View ArticleMathematicians develop model for how new ideas emerge
Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have developed a mathematical model for the emergence of innovations.
View ArticleTeam sheds light on the mysteries of Saturn's rings
A Skoltech-led team of international scientists has developed a mathematical model that makes sense of one of the great mysteries of Saturn's rings.
View ArticleIndian sacred texts and the logic of computer ethics
The Indian sacred texts of the Vedas have been studied for millennia. But now, for the first time in history, computer scientists in Vienna analyse them by applying the methods of mathematical logic....
View ArticleTeam finds two theoretical physics models to be equivalent
Two Yale-NUS College undergraduates are part of a research team that concluded that two different mathematical models, which describe the same physical phenomenon, are essentially equivalent. The...
View ArticleEpidemics: The end of containment measures?
When an epidemic outbreak such H1N1, Zika or SARS viruses occurs, containment measures may seem to be the most reasonable solution. However, an EPFL study casts doubt on that idea, showing that such...
View ArticleNovel computational biology model accurately describes dynamics of gene...
Using a simple analytical framework for random events within a predictable system, computational biologists have found a new way to accurately model certain forms of gene expression, including the...
View ArticleMathematics explains why Crispr-Cas9 sometimes cuts the wrong DNA
The discovery of the Cas9 protein has simplified gene editing, and may even make it possible to eliminate many hereditary diseases in the near future. Using Cas9, researchers have the ability to cut...
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