The mathematics of cloaking December 26, 2006 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 103 vote(s)
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The theorists who first created the mathematics that describe the behavior of the recently announced "invisibility cloak" have revealed a new analysis ... | |
Mathematicians unlock major number theory puzzle February 27, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 176 vote(s)
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Mathematicians have finally laid to rest the legendary mystery surrounding an elusive group of numerical expressions known as the "mock theta functions." Number theorists have struggled to understand the functions ever since ... | |
A mighty number falls May 21, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 106 vote(s)
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Mathematicians and number buffs have their records. And today, an international team has broken a long-standing one in an impressive feat of calculation. | |
Scientists one more step closer to realising invisible technology May 09, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 92 vote(s)
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A unique computer model designed by a mathematician at the University of Liverpool has shown that it is possible to make objects, such as aeroplanes and submarines, appear invisible at close range. | |
 Northeastern University researchers solve Rubik's Cube in 26 moves May 31, 2007 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 71 vote(s)
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It’s a toy that most kids have played with at one time or another, but the findings of Northeastern University Computer Science professor Gene Cooperman and graduate student Dan Kunkle are not child’s play. ... | |
Could a mathematical model predict the demise of a business? March 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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Many gamblers claim to have a "system", whether they're shooting craps, backing horses, or punting on the stock market. Now, researchers in Taiwan have devised an approach to spotting when a company is likely to fail based ... | |
 Math Models Snowflakes January 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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Three-dimensional snowflakes can now be grown in a computer using a program developed by mathematicians at UC Davis and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. | |
Composer reveals musical chords' hidden geometry July 06, 2006 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 74 vote(s)
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Composers often speak of fitting chords and melodies together, as though sounds were physical objects with geometric shape -- and now a Princeton University musician has shown that advanced geometry actually does offer a ... | |
 Algorithm finds the network -- for genes or the Internet March 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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Human diseases and social networks seem to have little in common. However, at the crux of these two lies a network, communities within the network, and farther even, substructures of the communities. In a ... | |
 Traffic jam mystery solved by mathematicians December 19, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 355 vote(s)
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Mathematicians from the University of Exeter have solved the mystery of traffic jams by developing a model to show how major delays occur on our roads, with no apparent cause. Many traffic jams leave drivers ... | |
Pinning down the butterfly's wings June 01, 2007 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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A Belgian mathematician hopes to use the science of chaos, the butterfly effect and strange attractors to help build a complete model of climate and resources that will lead to a new approach to sustainable development. | |
 Mathematicians maximize knowledge of minimal surfaces August 15, 2006 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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For most people, soap bubbles are little more than ethereal, ephemeral childhood amusements, or a bit of kitsch associated with the Lawrence Welk Show. But for Johns Hopkins University mathematician William ... | |
Brown mathematicians prove new way to build a better estimate February 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 44 vote(s)
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How do you sift through hundreds of billions of bits of information and make accurate inferences from such gargantuan sets of data? Brown University mathematician Charles “Chip” Lawrence and graduate student Luis Carvalho ... | |
Professor uses math model to predict Yanks and Twins to advance to league championship October 04, 2006 | User rating: 2.7 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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The New York Yankees have better than a 3 in 4 chance of defeating the Detroit Tigers in their best of 5 series beginning tonight, said Bruce Bukiet, PhD, associate professor in the department of mathematical sciences at ... | |
 Synchronising the Swarm June 20, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Models from theoretical physics, which are normally used to plot the motion of particles, are beginning to shed light upon the mass migration of living organisms as well. These include swarms of locusts, which ... | |
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