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 ... | |
 Indians predated Newton 'discovery' by 250 years August 13, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 223 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. | |
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. | |
Mathematics reveals genetic pattern of tumor growth June 21, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Using mathematical theory, UC Irvine scientists have shed light on one of cancer’s most troubling puzzles -- how cancer cells can alter their own genetic makeup to accelerate tumor growth. The discovery shows for the first ... | |
 Works of mathematical power, beauty yield Clay Research Prize June 06, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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An institute that promotes the “beauty, power and universality” of mathematical thought has awarded the Clay Research Prize to Alex Eskin, Professor in Mathematics at the University of Chicago. | |
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. | |
 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. ... | |
Quasicrystals: Somewhere between order and disorder May 23, 2007 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Professionally speaking, things in David Damanik's world don't line up – and he can prove it. In new research that's available online and slated for publication in July's issue of the Journal of the American Mathematical ... | |
A mighty number falls May 21, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 107 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. | |
 The Mathematics of Natural Motion May 15, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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Circles, slaloms, figure eights, and loop-the-loops – biologists studying the motion of Listeria monocytogenes sensed that these paths were related, but they didn’t have a good way to define what fit in and ... | |
Scientists one more step closer to realising invisible technology May 09, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 93 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. | |
 Animal communication plays important role in pattern formation May 08, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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The way that a flock of birds flies or a school of fish swims may involve more than individuals simply judging the distance between themselves in the group. Recently, scientists from the University of Alberta ... | |
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