UCLA mathematician works to make virtual surgery a reality November 26, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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A surgeon accidently kills a patient, undoes the error and starts over again. Can mathematics make such science fiction a reality? | |
New mathematical model predicts more virulent microbes October 17, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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Microbes and humans interact in myriad ways, sharing a long history. Many of the most successful microbes are those that inhabit but do not kill their host. Cheaters lose. Tuberculosis settles into the lungs. Helicobacter ... | |
Mathematicians predict the future of the past tense October 10, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 46 vote(s)
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Verbs evolve and homogenize at a rate inversely proportional to their prevalence in the English language, according to a formula developed by Harvard University mathematicians who've invoked evolutionary principles to study ... | |
Mathematicians help unlock secrets of the immune system October 09, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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A group of scientists, led by mathematicians, has taken on the challenge of building a common model of immune responses. Their work will radically improve our understanding of the human immune system by allowing all the scientific ... | |
Mathematician wins Shaw Prize for prime numbers, symmetry unification September 12, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Herchel Smith Professor of Mathematics Richard Taylor has been awarded the Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences for work that unified the diverse fields of prime numbers and symmetry. | |
Mathematics might save you a trip to the ER September 12, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Since the days of Hippocrates, people have known that certain illnesses come and go with the seasons. More recently, researchers have learned that these cyclic recurrences of disease, known as seasonality, are often related ... | |
Mathematician Kenneth Cooke dies at 82 September 09, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Kenneth Cooke, a mathematician who became a well-known researcher while teaching at a California liberal arts college, has died at age 82. | |
Math man Atle Selberg dead at 90 August 28, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Atle Selberg, a prolific mathematical researcher with multiple terms that bear his name, has died in Princeton, N.J., at the age of 90. | |
Math man Atle Selberg dead at 90 August 22, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Atle Selberg, a prolific mathematical researcher with multiple terms that bear his name, has died in Princeton, N.J., at the age of 90. | |
 Indians predated Newton 'discovery' by 250 years August 13, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 224 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. | |
Reliable, fast simulations of complex events Virginia Tech mathematician's goal July 31, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Timely, accurate prediction or control of complex phenomena – such as predicating the path of a hurricane or controlling a jet -- is the goal of Serkan Gugercin’s National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development ... | |
Understanding Math Day By Day July 31, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Parents can help their children understand mathematics by talking about the numbers and figuring used in daily life, preparing them for learning skills and concepts in the classroom, says a University of Arkansas math educator. | |
Mobile math lab for cell phones created July 10, 2007 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Israeli scientists have developed a mobile math lab application for cell phones, providing students with experiential, interactive ways to learn math. | |
Safer shipping by predicting sand wave behaviour July 05, 2007 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Dutch researcher Joris van den Berg has developed a mathematical model to predict the movement of sand waves. | |
Mathematician John Todd dead at 96 June 28, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Mathematician John Todd, a pioneer in numerical analysis and computing, died Thursday at age 96 at his home in Pasadena, Calif. | |
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