Girls more anxious about mathematics, STEM subjects compared to boys
Global studies have shown that women are underrepresented in some science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects and fields. Even in countries with higher gender equality, sex...
View ArticleTheoretical tiger chases statistical sheep to probe immune system behavior
Studying the way that solitary hunters such as tigers, bears or sea turtles chase down their prey turns out to be very useful in understanding the interaction between individual white blood cells and...
View ArticleResearchers find new way to control quantum systems
Researchers from the Department of Applied Mathematics and the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo have developed a versatile new way of controlling quantum systems that can...
View ArticleDo genes express themselves through poetry?
A new study from Michigan State University makes inroads in learning to "read" the genome, a key goal of modern biology.
View ArticleExploring the mathematical universe, uncovering new worlds along the way
A team of more than 80 mathematicians from 12 countries has begun charting the terrain of rich, new mathematical worlds, and sharing their discoveries on the Web. The mathematical universe is filled...
View ArticleMath, not skin, may be a better way to help researchers test consumer...
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy are presenting collaborative research on the use of mathematical methods for understanding the transportation of...
View ArticleHow to meet demand in bacterial 'factories'
The battle over bacterial resources is coming to an end, thanks to research from the University of Bristol. The study describes a new way to model productivity in bacteria used as mini-factories to...
View ArticleA digital Rochester Cloak to fit all sizes
Using the same mathematical framework as the Rochester Cloak, researchers at the University of Rochester have been able to use flat screen displays to extend the range of angles that can be hidden from...
View ArticleResearchers focusing on the fragmentation of plastic waste
First discovered by sailors, the masses of plastic debris floating at the center of vast ocean vortices called gyres are today under close scrutiny by scientists. To better understand the fragmentation...
View ArticleWill computers replace humans in mathematics?
Computers can be valuable tools for helping mathematicians solve problems but they can also play their own part in the discovery and proof of mathematical theorems.
View ArticleDiscovering how cyanobacteria form patterns for nitrogen fixation
Scientists at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have analyzed the process of nitrogen fixation by cyanobacteria, creating a mathematical model that reveals the patterns they form. In these...
View ArticleScientists experimentally confirm electron model in complex molecules
Researchers from the Institute of Molecular Science and Technologies (ISTM-CNR, Italy), Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), and the University of Milan have experimentally confirmed a...
View ArticleWalking and talking behaviors may help predict epidemics and trends
Mobile phone data may reveal an underlying mathematical connection between how we move and how we communicate that could make it easier to predict how diseases—and even ideas—spread through a...
View ArticleWhat drives biological synchrony?
Ecologists traditionally attribute population explosions, be they of diseases or animals, to broad environmental conditions. But new data suggest that other factors may drive "synchrony": rapid,...
View ArticleResearchers create new method for identifying black holes
Rochester Institute of Technology professors have developed a faster, more accurate way to assess gravitational wave signals and infer the astronomical sources that made them.
View ArticleAn equation to quantify the origins of life on other planets
(Phys.org)—A pair of researchers, one with the Columbia Astrobiology Center in New York, the other with the University of Glasgow in the U.K. has come up with a mathematical equation that when solved...
View ArticleIndestructible bridges could be reality
A new generation of indestructible bridges could be possible, thanks to research from the University of Warwick.
View ArticleScientists predict the existence of a new kind of spin liquid
A team of physicists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) has predicted the existence of a new kind of spin liquid. A spin liquid is an exotic phenomenon that...
View ArticleUSU ecologists propose new method to probe population growth questions
By developing an innovative series of mathematical equations, Utah State University ecologists are shedding light on a stalemate that's vexed population biologists' understanding of why some organisms...
View ArticleResearchers chip away at Smale's 7th unsolved problem in mathematics
(Phys.org)—How do you arrange a group of points on the surface of a sphere so that all the points are as far apart from each other as possible? With two points, the answer is easy: place them on...
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