News articles tagged with 'mathematical'
Go figure: Math model may help researchers with stem cell, cancer therapies
— 21 Jan 2011 18:41 | HealthThe difficult task of sorting and counting prized stem cells and their cancer-causing cousins has long frustrated scientists looking for new ways to help people who have progressive…
Building mental muscles through theoretical physics
— 8 Dec 2010 17:47 | PhysicsA grant from the D. J. Angus-Scientech Educational Foundation has made it possible for a student from a suburban Indianapolis high school to co-author, along with his mentor and two…
The physics of coffee rings
— 24 Nov 2010 22:24 | PhysicsFor centuries, intellectuals have met at the ring-stained surfaces of coffee shops to pore over the most pressing problems of the day - but has anyone ever pondered the coffee rings…
Universe chaotic from very beginning
— 8 Sep 2010 12:06 | PhysicsSeven years ago Northwestern University physicist Adilson E. Motter conjectured that the expansion of the universe at the time of the big bang was highly chaotic. Now he and a colleague…
University of Pennsylvania mathematicians solve 140-year-old Boltzmann equation
— 14 May 2010 11:55 | PhysicsTwo University of Pennsylvania mathematicians have found solutions to a 140-year-old, 7-dimensional equation that were not known to exist for more than a century despite its widespread…
NIST releases successor to venerable handbook of math functions
— 13 May 2010 11:44 | TechnologyThe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the Digital Library of Mathematical Functions (DLMF) and its printed companion, the NIST Handbook of Mathematical…
The formula for making teeth will soon be found
— 15 Mar 2010 15:49 | BiologyEach cusp of our teeth is regulated by genes which carefully control the development. A similar genetic puzzle also regulates the differentiation of our other organs and of all living…
Slime design mimics Tokyo's rail system
— 22 Jan 2010 13:34 | TechnologyWhat could human engineers possibly learn from the lowly slime mould? Reliable, cost-efficient network construction, apparently: a recent experiment suggests that Physarum polycephalum,…
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…
U-Iowa study helps advance heart-related research
— 6 Dec 2009 11:34 | HealthUsing a new mathematical model of heart cells, University of Iowa investigators have shown how activation of a critical enzyme, calmodulin kinase II (CaM kinase), disrupts the electrical…