
Study Debunks Myths About Gender and Math Performance
A major study of recent
international data on school
mathematics performance
casts doubt on some common
assumptions about gender and
math achievement -- in
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Patterns Seen in Spider Silk and Melodies Connected
Using a new mathematical
methodology, researchers
have created a
scientifically rigorous
analogy showing the
similarities between the
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Computer Simulations Shed Light on the Physics of Rainbows
Computer scientists who set
out to simulate all rainbows
found in nature, wound up
answering questions about
the physics of rainbows as
well. The scientists
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Big, Little, Tall and Tiny: Learning Spatial Terms Improves Children's Spatial Skills
Preschool children who hear
their parents describe the
size and shape of objects
and then use those words
themselves perform better on
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Computing: Improving Security in the Cloud
December 15, 2011 New encryption research may lead to improved data security, even for operations performed on remote ... > full story -
Future Prostate Cancer Treatments Might Be Guided by Math
November 21, 2011 Scientists have designed a first draft of a mathematical model that someday could guide treatment decisions for advanced prostate cancer, in part by helping doctors predict how individual patients ... > full story -
Biodiversity Can Promote Survival on a Warming Planet, Mathematical Model Shows
November 6, 2011 Whether a species can evolve to survive climate change may depend on the biodiversity of its ecological community, according to a new mathematical model that simulates the effect of climate change on ... > full story -
Mathematically Detecting Stock Market Bubbles Before They Burst
October 31, 2011 From the dotcom bust in the late nineties to the housing crash in the run-up to the 2008 crisis, financial bubbles have been a topic of major concern. Identifying bubbles is important in order to ... > full story -
Fighting Violent Gang Crime With Math
October 31, 2011 Mathematicians working with the Los Angeles Police Department to analyze crime patterns have designed a mathematical algorithm to identify street gangs involved in unsolved violent crimes -- the ... > full story -
Using Math and Light to Detect Misshapen Red Blood Cells
October 31, 2011 Researchers have pioneered a technique that will allow doctors to ascertain the healthy shape of red blood cells in just a few seconds, by analyzing the light scattered off hundreds of cells at a ... > full story -
New Method in Spectral Analysis: Measuring the Distance of Processes
October 28, 2011 A milestone in the description of complex processes -- for example the ups and downs of share prices -- has been reached by mathematicians. Researchers have developed a new method in spectral ... > full story -
Brain Study Reveals How Successful Students Overcome Math Anxiety
October 20, 2011 Using brain-imaging technology for the first time with people experiencing mathematics anxiety, scientists have gained new insights into how some students are able to overcome their fears and succeed ... > full story -
Math Professor Announces Who Deserves the Cy Young and Most Valuable Player Awards; Calls Rangers Solid Favorite for World Series
October 19, 2011 With Major League Baseball's World Series set to begin tomorrow, math professor Bruce Bukiet has once again analyzed the players most deserving of winning baseball's most important awards for the ... > full story -
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'Robot Biologist' Solves Complex Problem from Scratch
October 13, 2011 Scientists have taken a major step toward developing robot biologists. They have shown that their system, the Automated Biology Explorer, can solve a complicated biology problem from ... > full story
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