Mathematics News
NJIT prof names baseball winners
With pitchers and catchers having recently reported to spring training, once again Bruce Bukiet, an associate professor at NJIT, has applied mathematical analysis to compute the number of games ...
16 hours ago from PhysOrg
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The mathematics behind a good night's sleep
Why can't I fall asleep? Will this new medication keep me up all night? Can I sleep off this cold? Despite decades of research, answers to these basic questions about one of our most essential ...
Thu 25 Feb 10 from PhysOrg
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Simple math explains dramatic beak shape variation in Darwin's finches
From how massive humpbacks glide through the sea with ease to the efficient way fungal spores fly, applied mathematicians at Harvard have excavated the equations behind a variety of complex ...
Mon 22 Feb 10 from PhysOrg
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Can math and science help solve crimes?
(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA scientists working with Los Angeles police are using sophisticated mathematics to identify and analyze urban crime patterns.
Mon 22 Feb 10 from PhysOrg
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Discovery could lead to more difficult Sudoku puzzles
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new analysis of number randomness in Sudoku matrices could lead to the development of more difficult and multi-dimensional Sudoku puzzles. In a recent study, mathematicians ...
Fri 12 Feb 10 from PhysOrg
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Scientists map changes in science and beyond
How has the structure of scientific research changed over the past decade? A team of researchers from Umeľ University, Sweden, and the University of Washington, USA, aims to answer this ...
Thu 28 Jan 10 from PhysOrg
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NJIT prof sees 70 percent chance for Yanks to win the 2009 World Series
NJIT's Bruce Bukiet, a mathematician who has applied mathematical modeling techniques to elucidate the dynamics of run scoring in baseball, has computed the probability of the Yankees and Phillies ...
Tue 27 Oct 09 from PhysOrg
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Genetically engineered bacteria compute the route
US researchers have created 'bacterial computers' with the potential to solve complicated mathematics problems. The findings of the research, published in BioMed Central's open access Journal ...
Fri 24 Jul 09 from PhysOrg
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Scientists use math modeling to predict unknown biological mechanism of regulation
A team of scientists, led by a biomedical engineer at The University of Texas at Austin, have demonstrated - for the first time - that mathematical models created from data obtained by DNA microarrays, ...
Wed 14 Oct 09 from PhysOrg
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Scientist creates formula for perfect parking
(PhysOrg.com) -- Forget roasting a textbook turkey or perfect present-wrapping this month. The real test of Britons` mettle will come as we try to park in tight spots on busy roads, with 35 ...
Fri 11 Dec 09 from PhysOrg
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