New mathematical model to explain the correlation between migration and...
Scientists from the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN), Centre National de la Recherche Scientific (France) and the University of Leicester (United Kingdom) have shown how the wealth of a...
View ArticleRandom movements help color-detecting cells form the proper pattern
In fish and other animals, the color detecting cone cells in the retina are arranged in specific patterns, and this is believed to be important for allowing animals to properly sense their...
View ArticlePredicting insect feeding preferences after deforestation
Like a scene from the movie Alien, insect parasitoids inject their eggs into unsuspecting hosts, their offspring grow and eat from within, eventually bursting out leaving dead, empty host vessels....
View ArticleMathematicians 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 systems—systems demonstrating behavior changing through time—in 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"—the successful effort that sent the first astronauts to the moon.
View ArticleSeeing in the dark—how 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.
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