Basic ratio capacity may serve as building block for math knowledge
Understanding fractions is a critical mathematical ability, and yet it's one that continues to confound a lot of people well into adulthood. New research finds evidence for an innate ratio processing...
View ArticleReconfigurable origami tubes could find antenna, microfluidic uses
Origami, the ancient art of paper folding, may soon provide a foundation for antennas that can reconfigure themselves to operate at different frequencies, microfluidic devices whose properties can...
View ArticleWeather applications of mathematical statistics
The application possibilities seem to be endless when it comes to mathematical statistics. Several of the researchers at the department work with issues related to weather, climate and environment –...
View ArticleRussian scientists blow up ice to test their theories
Supposing that a week ago, the air temperature was about zero, what is the best, safest method to blow up ice on rivers? What is the best way to plant explosives in conditions of low temperature when...
View ArticleSnake gait: Science observes nature to invent new ways of moving
It has no wheels or legs or anything to help itself along, and yet it is able to move and to move quite fast. In terms of mobility, the snake is a masterpiece of engineering, and it is no coincidence...
View ArticleSecret to the perfect pancake described mathematically
Maths students from the University of Sheffield have swapped calculus for the kitchen by developing a formula to prepare the perfect pancake.
View ArticleTurning the volume of gene expression up and down
Gene expression can be turned on and off like a switch, or it can be finely adjusted , as with a volume control knob. Dr Garth Ilsley, research scientist in Prof. Nick Luscombe's unit at the Okinawa...
View ArticleEducator challenges AAAS to join the search for Next Einstein
African education leader Thierry Zomahoun called on global scientific community to pick up chalk and help him uncover a new Einstein in Africa. President and CEO of the African Institute of...
View ArticleFujitsu develops new deep learning technology to analyze time-series data...
Fujitsu Laboratories today announced that it has developed deep learning technology that can analyze time-series data with a high degree of accuracy. Demonstrating promise for Internet-of-Things...
View ArticleResearchers document new approach to dealing with uncertainties in...
Mathematical models are used to predict just about everything from traffic and weather to plant metabolism and industrial biotechnology.
View ArticleSearch narrows for Planet Nine
US astronomers announced last month they may have found a ninth planet beyond Neptune, but conceded they had no idea where on an estimated 10,000-20,000-year orbit it might be.
View ArticleThe mysterious biomechanics of riding – and balancing – a bicycle
Humans have been riding bicycle-like machines for close to 200 years, beginning with the Draisine or "velocipede" in 1817.
View ArticleUsing statistics to predict rogue waves
Scientists have developed a mathematical model to derive the probability of extreme waves. This model uses multi-point statistics, the joint statistics of multiple points in time or space, to predict...
View ArticlePreventing the achievement gap in mathematics starts early
A long-term NC State research project on how to provide students with a firm foundation in mathematics, starting in kindergarten, sheds light on ways to lessen the likelihood of an academic achievement...
View ArticleKuiper Belt objects point the way to Planet 9
On January 20th, 2016, researchers Konstantin Batygin and Michael E. Brown of Caltech announced that they had found evidence that hinted at the existence of a massive planet at the edge of the Solar...
View ArticleNow researchers can follow the hectic life inside a cell
Living cells are constantly on the move. They move around and divide, and they are responsible for transporting molecules around inside themselves. Now SDU researchers have developed a method that...
View ArticleEvolution meets biochemistry to better understand how dopamine receptors work
Proteins are molecular machines that carry out most of the work performed by the cells in the body, but when proteins fail at doing their job disease usually follows. To perform their functions,...
View ArticleA little fun with mathematics early in life can go a long way, says education...
Arthur Conan Doyle's famous literary detective Sherlock Holmes once noted that "the little things are infinitely the most important." It's a belief that investigators at the University of Alberta...
View ArticleScientists shed light on powerful currents that create massive underwater...
Through the use of mathematical models, Stanford researchers have better defined the powerful processes that carved some of the largest canyons on Earth, deep under the oceans.
View ArticleMathematicians use 'Game of Thrones' to highlight the growing importance of...
The wildly popular fantasy HBO TV series 'Game of Thrones' will be returning for its sixth season later this month, and in advance of this a team of US-based researchers have applied a mathematical...
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