News articles tagged with 'geometry'
Study of 90 animals' thigh bones reveals how they can efficiently carry loads
— 9 Mar 2011 19:26 | BiologyThe structures inside animals' thigh bones that enable them to support huge loads whilst being relatively lightweight are revealed in research published today in the journal Proceedings…
Mapping new paths for a stressed-out Internet
— 11 Sep 2010 11:01 | TechnologyThe San Diego Supercomputer Centre and Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA) at the University of California, San Diego, in a collaboration with researchers from…
MIT researchers find a way to calculate the effects of Casimir forces
— 11 May 2010 20:25 | PhysicsMIT researchers have developed a powerful new tool for calculating the effects of Casimir forces, complicated quantum forces that affect only objects that are very, very close together,…
Adding technology to geometry class improves opportunities to learn
— 16 Dec 2009 11:41 | TechnologyA new study co-written by a University of Illinois expert in math education suggests that incorporating technology in high school-level geometry classes not only makes the teaching…
New computer model could lead to safer stents
— 3 Dec 2009 10:06 | HealthMIT scientists including Elazer R. Edelman, the Thomas D. and Virginia W. Cabot Professor of Health Science and Technology (HST), and HST postdoctoral associate Vijaya B. Kolachalama,…
NYU physicists show way to count sweets in a jar - from inside the jar
— 29 Jul 2009 20:18 | PhysicsHow many sweets fit into a jar? This question depends on the shapes and sizes of the sweets, the size of the jar, and how it is filled. Surprisingly, this ancient question remains unanswered…
Researchers control the assembly of nanobristles into helical clusters
— 9 Jan 2009 16:00 | TechnologyFrom the structure of DNA to nautical rope to distant spiral galaxies, helical forms are as abundant as they are useful in nature and manufacturing alike. Researchers at the Harvard…
Ship-in-a-bottle kit on a microchip
— 3 Dec 2008 08:34 | TechnologySometimes physicists resort to tried and trusted model-making tricks. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, the University of Stuttgart and the Colorado School…
Certain types of thinking are best suited to certain types of problem-solving
— 13 Nov 2008 19:16 | HealthA new study in the journal Mind, Brain, and Education reveals that certain types of thinking are best suited to solving certain types of problems. Specifically, geometry problems are…
Engineering nanoparticles for maximum strength
— 21 Oct 2008 10:28 | TechnologyBecause they are riddled with defects, bulk crystalline materials never achieve their ideal strength; nanocrystals, on the other hand, are so small there's no room for defects. ('Nano'…