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Basic Math Skills Linked to PSAT Math Success
January 4, 2013 — New research provides brain imaging evidence that students well-versed in very basic single digit arithmetic (5+2=7 or 7-3=4) are better equipped to score higher on the Preliminary Scholastic ... > full story -
Video Analysis: Detecting Text Every Which Way
January 3, 2013 — Software that detects and extracts text from within video frames, making it searchable, is set to make a vast resource even more ... > full story -
Tool to Evaluate Genome Sequencing Method Developed
January 2, 2013 — Advances in bio-technologies and computer software have helped make genome sequencing much more common than in the past. But still in question are both the accuracy of different sequencing methods ... > full story -
How Songbirds Learn to Sing: Mathematical Model Explains How Birds Correct Mistakes to Stay on Key
December 20, 2012 — Scientists studying how songbirds stay on key have developed a statistical explanation for why some things are harder for the brain to learn than others, building the first mathematical model that ... > full story -
Motivation, Study Habits -- Not IQ -- Determine Growth in Math Achievement
December 20, 2012 — It's not how smart students are but how motivated they are and how they study that determines their growth in math achievement. That's the main finding of a study that looks at six annual waves of ... > full story -
A Mathematical Formula to Decipher the Geometry of Surfaces Like That of Cauliflower
December 18, 2012 — Scientists are describing laws that govern the development of certain complex natural patterns, such as those found on the surface of ... > full story -
Math Formula Gives New Glimpse Into the Magical Mind of Ramanujan
December 17, 2012 — Dec. 22 marks the 125th anniversary of the birth of Srinivasa Ramanujan, an Indian mathematician renowned for intuiting extraordinary numerical patterns without the use of proofs or modern ... > full story -
Replacing Fossil Fuels: Utilizing Sea Wave to Generate Electricity
December 3, 2012 — Researchers in Malaysia have carried out a conceptual study on mathematical modelling for sea wave in electricity ... > full story -
Mathematics Used to Identify Contamination in Water Distribution Networks
November 28, 2012 — New research considers the identification of contaminants in a water distribution network as an optimal control problem within a networked ... > full story -
How Infidelity Helps Nieces and Nephews: Men May Share More Genes With Sisters' Kids Than Cheating Wife's Kids
November 27, 2012 — A new study produced new mathematical support for a theory that explains why men in some cultures often feed and care for their sisters’ children: where extramarital sex is common and accepted, ... > full story
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