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Mathematics - 20.02
The beat goes on: the geometry that makes music pleasing
Researchers uncover mathematical formula for rhythm and suggest our brains may be hardwired to respond to it Whether it's Bach or Brubeck, a new study shows that composers repeat rhythmic patterns in their works in such a way that the part is a copy of the larger whole.
The beat goes on: the geometry that makes music pleasing
Researchers uncover mathematical formula for rhythm and suggest our brains may be hardwired to respond to it Whether it's Bach or Brubeck, a new study shows that composers repeat rhythmic patterns in their works in such a way that the part is a copy of the larger whole.
Mathematics - Administration/Government - 8.02
Statistical model may unlock fingerprint evidence in court
An assistant professor at Penn State has created a new statistical model that may enable fingerprint evidence to withstand greater scrutiny in court. Currently, some fingerprints that could be key pieces of evidence in court are not being considered because of shortcomings in the way this evidence is reported.
Statistical model may unlock fingerprint evidence in court
Mathematics - 12.01
Bowlers strike with a hot hand, too
Is the so-called "hot hand" phenomenon in sports a reality or just an illusion based on misperception of random sequences? For the second time in recent months, a Yale study supports the notion that it is real.
Bowlers strike with a hot hand, too
Is the so-called "hot hand" phenomenon in sports a reality or just an illusion based on misperception of random sequences? For the second time in recent months, a Yale study supports the notion that it is real.
Life Sciences - Mathematics - 14.11.2011
Dramatic diversity of columbine flowers explained by a simple change in cell shape
To match pollinators' probing tongues, cells in floral spurs elongate, driving rapid speciation : Caroline Perry , (617) 496-1351 - Columbine flowers are recognizable by the long, trailing nectar spurs that extend from the bases of their petals, tempting the taste buds of their insect pollinators.
Dramatic diversity of columbine flowers explained by a simple change in cell shape
Mathematics - Life Sciences - 17.10.2011
Computers learn to turn biological processes into equations
Computers learn to turn biological processes into equations First it was chess. Then it was Jeopardy. Now computers are at it again, but this time they are trying to automate the scientific process itself.
Computers learn to turn biological processes into equations
Computers learn to turn biological processes into equations First it was chess. Then it was Jeopardy. Now computers are at it again, but this time they are trying to automate the scientific process itself.
Life Sciences - Mathematics - 19.09.2011
Researchers use genome sequences to peer into early human history
Researchers have developed new statistical methods based on the complete genome sequences of people alive today to shed light on events at the dawn of human history. They applied their methods to the genomes of individuals of East Asian, European, and western and southern African descent.
Researchers use genome sequences to peer into early human history
Mathematics - 6.09.2011
Researchers create new Urban Network Analysis toolbox
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - MIT researchers have created a new Urban Network Analysis (UNA) toolbox that enables urban designers and planners to describe the spatial patterns of cities using mathematical network analysis methods.
Researchers create new Urban Network Analysis toolbox
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - MIT researchers have created a new Urban Network Analysis (UNA) toolbox that enables urban designers and planners to describe the spatial patterns of cities using mathematical network analysis methods.
Mathematics - Life Sciences - 9.08.2011
Gut coils with help from its elastic neighbor
Mathematicians and biologists at Harvard explain why vertebrate intestines are so predictably loopy : Caroline Perry , (617) 496-1351 Between conception and birth, the human gut grows more than two meters long, looping and coiling within the tiny abdomen.
Gut coils with help from its elastic neighbor
Medicine/Pharmacology - Mathematics - 8.07.2011
How best to excite brain cells
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Oh, the challenges of being a neuron, responsible for essential things like muscle contraction, gland secretion and sensitivity to touch, sound and light, yet constantly bombarded with signals from here, there and everywhere.
How best to excite brain cells
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Oh, the challenges of being a neuron, responsible for essential things like muscle contraction, gland secretion and sensitivity to touch, sound and light, yet constantly bombarded with signals from here, there and everywhere.
Mathematics - 5.07.2011
The Mathematics of Insurgency
— Coral Gables — University of Miami physicist Neil Johnson and his collaborators have developed a simple mathematical model that can estimate the progression of fatal terrorist and insurgency attacks around the world.
The Mathematics of Insurgency
— Coral Gables — University of Miami physicist Neil Johnson and his collaborators have developed a simple mathematical model that can estimate the progression of fatal terrorist and insurgency attacks around the world.
Computer Science/Telecom - Mathematics - 28.06.2011
The math of the Rubik’s cube
New research establishes the relationship between the number of squares in a Rubik?s-cube-type puzzle and the maximum number of moves required to solve it. Last August, 30 years after the Rubik's cube first appeared, an international team of researchers proved that no matter how scrambled a cube got, it could be solved in no more than 20 moves.
The math of the Rubik’s cube
New research establishes the relationship between the number of squares in a Rubik?s-cube-type puzzle and the maximum number of moves required to solve it. Last August, 30 years after the Rubik's cube first appeared, an international team of researchers proved that no matter how scrambled a cube got, it could be solved in no more than 20 moves.
Mathematics - Chemistry - 27.06.2011
Researchers solve problem filling space -- without cubes
by Gale Scott Whether packing oranges into a crate, fitting molecules into a human cell or getting data onto a compact disc, wasted space is usually not a good thing.
Researchers solve problem filling space -- without cubes
Mathematics - 24.06.2011
When things go wrong, who’s to blame?
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - If you flip a light switch and nothing happens, there are a couple of possible explanations. One is that something has gone wrong in the external world - maybe the bulb has burned out.
When things go wrong, who’s to blame?
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - If you flip a light switch and nothing happens, there are a couple of possible explanations. One is that something has gone wrong in the external world - maybe the bulb has burned out.
Chemistry - Mathematics - 6.06.2011
Going with the Flow: Caltech Researchers Find Compaction Bands in Sandstone are Permeable
Findings could aid in the development of better technologies for hydraulic fracturing and other fluid extraction techniques from the earth PASADENA, Calif.—When geologists survey an area of land for the potential that gas or petroleum deposits could exist there, they must take into account the composition of rocks that lie below the surface.
Going with the Flow: Caltech Researchers Find Compaction Bands in Sandstone are Permeable
Mathematics - Psychology - 26.05.2011
Inside the infant mind
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Over the past two decades, scientists have shown that babies only a few months old have a solid grasp on basic rules of the physical world. They understand that objects can‘t wink in and out of existence, and that objects can't 'teleport' from one spot to another.
Inside the infant mind
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Over the past two decades, scientists have shown that babies only a few months old have a solid grasp on basic rules of the physical world. They understand that objects can‘t wink in and out of existence, and that objects can't 'teleport' from one spot to another.
Law/Forensics - Mathematics - 28.03.2011
Demographics cloud optimism on black violent crime decrease
University Park, Pa. - Optimism about studies that show a drop in the black percentage of crime may be dampened by demographic trends and statistical aberrations, according to a group of criminologists.
Demographics cloud optimism on black violent crime decrease
University Park, Pa. - Optimism about studies that show a drop in the black percentage of crime may be dampened by demographic trends and statistical aberrations, according to a group of criminologists.
Physics/Astronomy - Mathematics - 21.03.2011
Physics Professor Brian Greene Explores the Multiverse
You might think it's hard to have a conversation with theoretical physicist Brian Greene. His research specialty is superstring theory, the hypothesis that everything in the universe is made up of miniscule, vibrating strands of energy.
Physics Professor Brian Greene Explores the Multiverse
You might think it's hard to have a conversation with theoretical physicist Brian Greene. His research specialty is superstring theory, the hypothesis that everything in the universe is made up of miniscule, vibrating strands of energy.
Psychology - Mathematics - 23.02.2011
Is crime a virus or a beast Stanford study shows the word you pick can frame the debate on how to fight it
Psychology Assistant Professor Lera Boroditsky and doctoral candidate Paul Thibodeau show that people will likely support more enforcement measures if crime is described as a "beast" preying on a community.
Is crime a virus or a beast Stanford study shows the word you pick can frame the debate on how to fight it
Psychology Assistant Professor Lera Boroditsky and doctoral candidate Paul Thibodeau show that people will likely support more enforcement measures if crime is described as a "beast" preying on a community.
Mathematics - Computer Science/Telecom - 3.01.2011
Mathematical model shows how groups split into factions
The school dance committee is split; one group wants an "Alice in Wonderland" theme; the other insists on "Vampire Jamboree." Mathematics could have predicted it. Social scientists have long argued that when under stress, social networks either end up all agreeing or splitting into two opposing factions.
Mathematical model shows how groups split into factions
The school dance committee is split; one group wants an "Alice in Wonderland" theme; the other insists on "Vampire Jamboree." Mathematics could have predicted it. Social scientists have long argued that when under stress, social networks either end up all agreeing or splitting into two opposing factions.
Computer Science/Telecom - Mathematics - 8.12.2010
Geotagging reveals not only where you are, but also people you might know
If you see Fred and Susie standing in the same line at the cafeteria just once, it probably doesn't mean anything. If they show up together in many different places, it starts to mean a lot. But how many times do you have to see them together before it becomes significant? Surprisingly few, say Cornell computer scientists.
Geotagging reveals not only where you are, but also people you might know
Physics/Astronomy - Mathematics - 16.11.2010
Linking geometric problems to physics could open door to new solutions
A 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 relevant to a host of subjects ranging from improving data compression to detecting gravitational waves.
Linking geometric problems to physics could open door to new solutions
A 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 relevant to a host of subjects ranging from improving data compression to detecting gravitational waves.
Mathematics - Architecture - 8.11.2010
New study finds common brain organization among disparate mammals
Matthias Kaschube , a lecturer in physics and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University, has published in the Nov. 4 online edition of Science Express results of research into the factors determining development of the brain's neural circuits.
New study finds common brain organization among disparate mammals
Matthias Kaschube , a lecturer in physics and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University, has published in the Nov. 4 online edition of Science Express results of research into the factors determining development of the brain's neural circuits.
Mathematics - Physics/Astronomy - 27.09.2010
Fungal spores travel farther by surfing their own wind
BERKELEY — Long before geese started flying in chevron formation or cyclists learned the value of drafting, fungi discovered an aerodynamic way to reduce drag on their spores so as to spread them as high and as far as possible.
Fungal spores travel farther by surfing their own wind
Computer Science/Telecom - Mathematics - 14.09.2010
Researchers improve wireless location-detection systems
In a pair of papers appearing in October in the journal IEEE Transactions on Information Theory , MIT researchers present a new theory that establishes fundamental limits on the accuracy of wireless location detection.
Researchers improve wireless location-detection systems
Mathematics - Psychology - 30.08.2010
The roots of gamblers' fallacies and other superstitions
Research helps explain causes of seemingly irrational human decision-making MINNEAPOLIS - Gamblers who think they have a “hot hand,” only to end up walking away with a loss, may nonetheless be making “rational” decisions, according to new research from University of Minnesota psychologists.
The roots of gamblers' fallacies and other superstitions
Psychology - Mathematics - 25.08.2010
Preschoolers use statistics to understand others
Young children are natural psychologists, says Cornell cognitive psychologist Tamar Kushnir. By the time they're in preschool, they already understand a lot about other people's inner mental lives - their desires, preferences, beliefs and emotions.
Preschoolers use statistics to understand others
Mathematics - Psychology - 24.08.2010
Major Moral Decisions Use General-Purpose Brain Circuits to Manage Uncertainty
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Steve Bradt 617.496.8070 Major Moral Decisions Use General-Purpose Brain Circuits to Manage Uncertainty Humans and other animals use this circuitry to make basic decisions about things like food, discounting the involvement of a specific 'moral sense' Cambridge, Mass.
Major Moral Decisions Use General-Purpose Brain Circuits to Manage Uncertainty
Life Sciences - Mathematics - 24.08.2010
Scientists Say Natural Selection Alone Can Explain Eusociality, Cooperative Social Structure in Many of Earth’s Dominant Species
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Steve Bradt 617.496.8070 Scientists Say Natural Selection Alone Can Explain Eusociality, Cooperative Social Structure in Many of Earth's Dominant Species Work addresses limitations of kin selection, a dominant theory since the 1960s Cambridge, Mass.
Scientists Say Natural Selection Alone Can Explain Eusociality, Cooperative Social Structure in Many of Earth’s Dominant Species
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Steve Bradt 617.496.8070 Scientists Say Natural Selection Alone Can Explain Eusociality, Cooperative Social Structure in Many of Earth's Dominant Species Work addresses limitations of kin selection, a dominant theory since the 1960s Cambridge, Mass.
Computer Science/Telecom - Mathematics - 5.08.2010
Shape-shifting robots
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - By combining origami and electrical engineering, researchers at MIT and Harvard are working to develop the ultimate reconfigurable robot - one that can turn into absolutely anything.
Shape-shifting robots
Law/Forensics - Mathematics - 28.07.2010
Is DNA evidence enough An interview with David Kaye
By Michael Bezilla Research/Penn State David H. Kaye is Distinguished Professor of Law and Weiss Family Faculty Scholar in Penn State's Dickinson School of Law, and a member of the graduate faculty of the University's Forensic Science program.
Is DNA evidence enough An interview with David Kaye
Physics/Astronomy - Mathematics - 23.06.2010
Experiment tests underpinnings of quantum field theory, Bose-Einstein statistics of photons
Experiment tests underpinnings of quantum field theory, Bose-Einstein statistics of photons
Life Sciences - Mathematics - 17.05.2010
Flower Organ’s Cells Make Random Decisions that Determine Size
Flower Organ’s Cells Make Random Decisions that Determine Size
Physics/Astronomy - Mathematics - 11.05.2010
Researchers find a way to calculate the effects of Casimir forces
Researchers find a way to calculate the effects of Casimir forces
Life Sciences - Mathematics - 22.02.2010
Simple math explains dramatic beak shape variation in Darwin’s finches
Simple math explains dramatic beak shape variation in Darwin’s finches
Mathematics - Life Sciences - 24.11.2009
The Cause Behind the Characteristic Shape of a Long Leaf Revealed
The Cause Behind the Characteristic Shape of a Long Leaf Revealed
Physics/Astronomy - Mathematics - 15.11.2009
One of the largest-ever computer models explores "turbulent flames" as they occur in early stages of a supernova
One of the largest-ever computer models explores "turbulent flames" as they occur in early stages of a supernova
Physics/Astronomy - Mathematics - 7.05.2009
Refined Hubble Constant Narrows Possible Explanations For Dark Energy
Refined Hubble Constant Narrows Possible Explanations For Dark Energy
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Pedagogy/Education Science - Mathematics - 15.02
Puzzle play helps boost learning of important math-related skills
Puzzle play helps boost learning of important math-related skills
Mathematics - Law/Forensics - 1.02
Canadian police agencies suppressing data on race, says criminology study
Canadian police agencies suppressing data on race, says criminology study
Physics/Astronomy - Mathematics - 20.01
UCLA professors Andrea Ghez, Terence Tao honored by Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
UCLA professors Andrea Ghez, Terence Tao honored by Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Medicine/Pharmacology - Mathematics - 13.01
Heping Zhang named the Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Biostatistics
Heping Zhang named the Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Biostatistics
Mathematics - Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics - 15.12.2011
Less knowledge, more power: Uninformed can be vital to democracy, study finds
Less knowledge, more power: Uninformed can be vital to democracy, study finds
Mathematics - Medicine/Pharmacology - 28.11.2011
Researcher improves needle-tip geometry For better biopsies
Researcher improves needle-tip geometry For better biopsies
Physics/Astronomy - Mathematics - 22.08.2011
New physics Researchers see uptick in rare particle decay
New physics Researchers see uptick in rare particle decay
Mathematics - Electroengineering/Microtechnics - 15.08.2011
Researchers are redefining how the brain plans movement
Researchers are redefining how the brain plans movement
Computer Science/Telecom - Mathematics - 4.04.2011
"Lonestar 4" Supercomputer Deployed for Science Community
"Lonestar 4" Supercomputer Deployed for Science Community
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