New method ranks quality of scientific journals by field February 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Worldwide, the number of scientists is increasing as is the number of scientific journals and published papers, the latter two thanks in large part to the rise of electronic publishing. Scientists and other researchers are ... | |
Self-organization of sandpile models March 31, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Dutch mathematician Anne Fey has investigated probability calculations in mathematical sandpile models. Although the rules of the model are simple, the wide-ranging behaviour that emerges from these is fascinating. Fey's ... | |
 Brain waves pattern themselves after rhythms of nature February 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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The same rules of physics that govern molecules as they condense from gas to liquid, or freeze from liquid to solid, also apply to the activity patterns of neurons in the human brain. University of Chicago ... | |
 Indians predated Newton 'discovery' by 250 years August 13, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 222 vote(s)
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A little known school of scholars in southwest India discovered one of the founding principles of modern mathematics hundreds of years before Newton according to new research. | |
Mathematicians Solve the 'Cocktail Party Problem' August 22, 2006 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 89 vote(s)
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Officials at the CIA and scientists around the world have pondered the "cocktail party problem" for decades. How could they separate one sound - perhaps a voice - from a group of other recorded sounds, perhaps a multitude ... | |
Novel mathematical model predicts new wave of drug-resistant HIV infections in San Francisco February 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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A mathematical model shows that a new wave of drug-resistant HIV is rising among among men in San Francisco who have sex with men and that this trend will continue over the next few years, according to a new study from the ... | |
 In the race to the top, zigzagging is more efficient than a straight line February 20, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it isn’t necessarily the fastest or easiest path to follow. | |
 New mathematical method provides better way to analyze noise June 08, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 61 vote(s)
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Humans have 200 million light receptors in their eyes, 10 to 20 million receptors devoted to smell, but only 8,000 dedicated to sound. Yet despite this miniscule number, the auditory system is the fastest of ... | |
 Free software brings affordability, transparency to mathematics December 06, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 86 vote(s)
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Until recently, a student solving a calculus problem, a physicist modeling a galaxy or a mathematician studying a complex equation had to use powerful computer programs that cost hundreds or thousands of dollars. ... | |
New method for solving differential equations January 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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Dutch-sponsored mathematician Valeriu Savcenco has developed new methods for the numerical solution of ordinary differential equations. These so-called multirate methods are highly efficient for large systems, where some ... | |
Solving checkers a great idea December 17, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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Jonathan Schaeffer 'solved' checkers this year and his achievement has been named one of 2007's top ideas by the New York Times. | |
 A crystal that nature may have missed January 03, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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For centuries, human beings have been entranced by the captivating glimmer of the diamond. What accounts for the stunning beauty of this most precious gem? As mathematician Toshikazu Sunada explains in an ... | |
Scientists use math to find oil August 16, 2006 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Mathematical procedures developed at MIT may soon help energy companies locate new sources of oil many kilometers underground. | |
 Researchers create mathematical model of fruit fly eyes January 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Many researchers have tried to create a mathematical model of how cells pack together to form tissue, but most models have many different complicated factors, and no model is universal. | |
Russian mathematician wins science award December 22, 2006 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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A Russian mathematician's solution to a 100-year-old math puzzle was voted Breakthrough of the Year by Science, a leading scientific journal. | |
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