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Beating The Codebreakers With Quantum Cryptography
April 29, 2008 — Quantum cryptography may be essentially solved, but getting the funky physics to work on disciplined computer networks is a whole new headache. Cryptography is an arms race, but the finish line may ... > full story -
Concrete Examples Don't Help Students Learn Math, Study Finds
April 25, 2008 — A new study challenges the common practice in many classrooms of teaching mathematical concepts by using "real-world," concrete examples. Researchers found that college students who learned a ... > full story -
Numerical Information Can Be Persuasive Or Informative Depending On How It's Presented
April 23, 2008 — Would you rather support research for a disease that affects 30,000 Americans a year or one that affects just .01 percent of the US population? The numbers represent about the same number of people, ... > full story -
Mathematician Foresees Romps For Major League Baseball's American League In 2008
April 1, 2008 — NJIT's indefatigable math professor Bruce Bukiet is once again opining on outcomes for this season's Major League Baseball teams. Bukiet's system for recommending wagers has produced positive results ... > full story -
Mathematicians Find New Solutions To An Ancient Puzzle
March 18, 2008 — Many people find complex math puzzling, including some mathematicians. Recently, a mathematician has found solutions to a puzzle that has been around for centuries. They have found a way to generate ... > full story -
Glimpses Of A New Mathematical World
March 17, 2008 — A new mathematical object, long know to exist but never seen, had its first sighting yesterday. Two researchers have exhibited the first example of a third degree transcendental L-function. These ... > full story -
Virtual Gaming No Replacement For Real Exercise
March 7, 2008 — Video games like Wii Sports and Dance Dance Revolution can play an important role in getting kids off the couch and involved in physical activity. But are they a replacement for traditional exercise? ... > full story -
Future 'Quantum Computers' Will Offer Increased Efficiency And Security Risks
March 6, 2008 — Physicists have made a discovery that may revolutionize encryption technology while bringing quantum computing one step closer. Consumers, credit card companies and high-tech firms rely on ... > full story -
140-year-old Math Problem Solved
March 4, 2008 — A problem which has defeated mathematicians for almost 140 years has now been solved. The breakthrough is in an area of mathematics known as conformal mapping, a key theoretical tool used by ... > full story -
Friends' School Achievement Influences High School Girls' Interest In Math
February 7, 2008 — Though girls now take as many math courses as boys in high school, new research finds that one's friends have a stronger influence on girls' decisions to take higher level math classes than on boys. ... > full story -
Low-income US Children Less Likely To Have Access To Qualified Math Teachers
January 24, 2008 — Children from low-income families in the United States do not have the same access to qualified teachers as do wealthier students, according to a new study. Compared to 46 countries, the United ... > full story -
Software: Serious Games In Virtual Worlds
January 2, 2008 — Serious games are designed not to entertain, but to teach. Students learn by doing, and games range from simulating medical procedures to promoting peace in Palestine. Now researchers are developing ... > full story
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