Making waves: Mathematicians crack quantum chaos conjecture October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 58 vote(s)
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The American Institute of Mathematics announces that Soundararajan and Roman Holowinsky have proven a significant version of the quantum unique ergodicity conjecture. Their work, based in the pure mathematics area of number ... | |
US culture derails girl math whizzes October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 61 vote(s)
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A culture of neglect and, at some age levels, outright social ostracism, is derailing a generation of students, especially girls, deemed the very best in mathematics, according to a new study. | |
Engineer: Head-first slide is quicker September 26, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Base running and base stealing would seem to be arts driven solely by a runner's speed, but there's more than mere gristle, bone and lung power to this facet of baseball -- there are lots of mathematics and physics at play. | |
Latest Electoral College forecast shows McCain ahead by as many as 27 votes September 17, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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A new approach to determining which candidate will win the most electoral votes in the U.S. Presidential race factors in lessons learned from the 2004 election and uses sophisticated math modeling. The research will be presented ... | |
New formula predicts how people will migrate in coming decades September 29, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Nearly 200 million people now live outside their country of birth. But the patterns of migration that got them there have proven difficult to project. Now scientists at Rockefeller University, with assistance from the United ... | |
 Economist's Model Forecasted Current Economic Slowdown One Year In Advance September 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An economist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute says that a model he developed forecasted the current economic slowdown at least one year before it became apparent to most observers. The ... | |
Most elementary schools in California will fail to meet proficiency requirements by 2014 September 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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How well students and schools – from kindergarten through high school – succeed in mastering a curriculum that includes English Language Arts (ELA), mathematics, and the social and natural sciences, strongly influences how ... | |
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