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Beating The Codebreakers With Quantum Cryptography
April 28, 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 24, 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 22, 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 -
World's Rarest Gorilla Finds Sanctuary
April 19, 2008 — The government of Cameroon --- with guidance from the Wildlife Conservation Society --- has created the world's first sanctuary exclusively for the Cross River gorilla, the world's rarest kind of ... > full story -
Mathematician Foresees Romps For Major League Baseball's American League In 2008
March 31, 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 -
Playing Numerical Board Games Boosts Number Skills Of Low-Income Preschoolers
March 25, 2008 — A study conducted with low-income preschoolers attending Head Start found that certain numerical board games increased early math learning. Board games with consecutively numbered, linearly arranged ... > full story -
In Poker, Psychologists Place Bets On Skill
March 21, 2008 — Is it luck of the draw in poker? The answer is 'no', according to new findings from two psychology studies. In the first study, DeDonno had 41 college students play eight games, totaling 200 hands, ... > full story -
Mathematicians Find New Solutions To An Ancient Puzzle
March 14, 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 13, 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 -
Future 'Quantum Computers' Will Offer Increased Efficiency And Security Risks
March 5, 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
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