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A Little Science Goes a Long Way: Engaging Kids Improves Math, Language Scores
October 18, 2012 — A researcher has found that engaging elementary school students in science for as little as 10 hours a year can lead to improved test scores in math and language ... > full story -
Traditional Courtyards: An Example of Eco-Efficiency for Architects
October 11, 2012 — Researchers in Spain have used mathematical tools to assess what has been known for centuries: the temperature inside the typical Mediterranean courtyard is cooler than that of the street. Though ... > full story -
Mathematics of Leaf Decay: A Mathematical Model Reveals Commonality Within the Diversity of Leaf Decay
October 3, 2012 — Researchers have analyzed data from a variety of forests and ecosystems across North America, and discovered general trends in decay rates among all leaves. The scientists devised a mathematical ... > full story -
Taking Mathematics to Heart
September 28, 2012 — Mathematics might seem like an abstract discipline, remote from real-world applications but their equations can significantly help understand and simulate the functioning of nature. Scientists are ... > full story -
Lab Encodes Collagen: Program Defines Stable Sequences for Synthesis, Could Help Fight Disease, Design Drugs
September 25, 2012 — In a discovery with implications for drug design, tissue engineering and the treatment of disease, researchers have created a program to encode self-assembling collagen ... > full story -
Treating Disease by the Numbers
September 20, 2012 — Advances in mathematical modeling are allowing medical professionals to better understand the risk factors that lead to ... > full story -
Mathematical Model May Lead to Safer Chemotherapy
September 12, 2012 — A new study explains why certain patients develop severe infections after chemotherapy and points to ways of averting this ... > full story -
Math Tree May Help Root out Fraudsters: Applying Algorithm to Social Networks Can Reveal Hidden Connections Criminals Use to Commit Fraud
September 6, 2012 — Fraudsters beware: The more your social networks connect you and your accomplices to the crime, the easier it will be to shake you from the tree. The Steiner tree, that is. In a new article, ... > full story -
Design Help for Drug Cocktails for HIV Patients: Mathematical Model Helps Design Efficient Multi-Drug Therapies
September 2, 2012 — For years, doctors treating those with HIV have recognized a relationship between how faithfully patients take the drugs they prescribe, and how likely the virus is to develop drug resistance. New ... > full storyMore: -
Math Ability Requires Crosstalk in the Brain
August 29, 2012 — Scientists have found that the strength of communication between the left and right hemispheres of the brain predicts performance on basic arithmetic problems. The findings shed light on the neural ... > full story
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