News articles tagged with 'mathematician'
Princeton scientist recasts problems, offering new tools for old quandaries
— 17 Nov 2010 10:27 | PhysicsA Princeton scientist with an interdisciplinary bent has taken two well-known problems in mathematics and reformulated them as a physics question, offering new tools to solve challenges…
Age gap really does matter
— 2 Jun 2010 17:00 | HealthA new Northwestern University study of mentor-protege relationships has found something that parents and children have known for a long time: the generation gap is real, and it matters.…
Breakthrough in bubble research at Bath
— 2 Sep 2009 17:00 | PhysicsA researcher from the University of Bath has found a new approach to an old geometric problem of modelling the most efficient way of packing shapes to form a foam…
Systems biology recommended as a clinical approach to cancer
— 10 Jul 2009 13:14 | HealthFour researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech and their colleagues at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine are advocating the use of systems…
Lovely 'snowfakes' mimic nature, advance science
— 25 Feb 2009 12:50 | TechnologyExquisitely detailed and beautifully symmetrical, the snowflakes that David Griffeath makes are icy jewels of art…
The human brain minimises energy expenditure and integrates gravity in to the action plan
— 24 Oct 2008 14:02 | HealthWhen reaching for an object, the brain prepares neural commands sent to the target muscles to minimise energy expenditure, according to a study published in PLoS Computational Biology…
Mathematicians put forward a model for studying submarine avalanches and tsunamis
— 17 Oct 2008 13:52 | EnvironmentA team of Andalucian and French scientists has put forward a mathematical model that enables submarine avalanches and certain types of tsunamis to be studied using equations, according…
Maths model helps to unravel relationship between nutrients and biodiversity
— 10 Sep 2008 17:00 | BiologyThe level of nutrients in soil determines how many different kinds of plants and trees can thrive in an ecosystem, according to new research published by biologists and mathematicians…
Physicist with a passion for storytelling
— 11 Jun 2008 00:44 | PhysicsPeter Freund packed his book, A Passion for Discovery, with stories about important 20th-century physicists and mathematicians. The story of Emmy Noether is one that Freund, Professor…
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