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How Does Innovation Take Hold in a Community? Math Modeling Can Provide Clues
March 27, 2013 — Mathematical models can be used to study the spread of technological innovations among individuals connected to each other by a network of peer-to-peer influences, such as in a physical community or ... > full story -
New Lung Cancer Study Takes Page from Google's Playbook
March 25, 2013 — A new study shows that the same sort of mathematical model that Google uses to predict which websites people want to visit may help researchers predict how lung cancer spreads through the human ... > full story -
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Prescription for Double-Dose Algebra Proves Effective
March 21, 2013 — Ninth-graders in Chicago Public Schools have significantly benefited from double-dose algebra (attending two consecutive periods of the subject) in ways that were not easily observable in the ... > full story -
Molecular Geometry, New Field in the Making
March 21, 2013 — Scientists are working towards creating a new field called Molecular Geometry which provides geometrical solutions within the study of ... > full story -
More Career Options May Explain Why Fewer Women Pursue Jobs in Science and Math
March 19, 2013 — Women may be less likely to pursue careers in science and math because they have more career choices, not because they have less ability, according to a new ... > full story -
Model Allows Engineers to Test Fuel Systems on Computers
March 18, 2013 — Engineers will be able to design better fuel systems for everything from motorcycles to rockets faster and more inexpensively because of a new mathematical fuels ... > full story -
Nanoscale Spinning Magnetic Droplets Created
March 14, 2013 — Researchers have successfully created a magnetic soliton -- a nano-sized, spinning droplet that was first theorized 35 years ... > full story -
International Gender Difference in Math and Reading Scores Persists Regardless of Gender Equality
March 14, 2013 — Even in countries with high gender equality, sex differences in math and reading scores persisted in the 75 nations examined by a new study. Girls consistently scored higher in reading, while boys ... > full story -
What Can Sports Teams Learn from the Manufacturing Industry? Plenty
March 13, 2013 — What can sports teams learn from the manufacturing industry? Plenty, according to ... > full story -
Pancakes With a Side of Math: A Physiological Model for Sap Exudation in Maple Trees
March 7, 2013 — The mechanisms behind sap exudation in sugar maple trees -- processes that trigger pressure differences causing sap to flow -- are a topic of much debate. In a new paper, researchers shed light on ... > full story
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