Category: Computers, Mathematics
3 August 2011
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ScienceShot: Miniature Radiation Meter
Tiny sensor onboard a lunar orbiter proves its mettle
2 August 2011
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The Mathematics of Basketball
Model predicts best time to take a shot
20 July 2011
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A $1000 Genome by 2013?
Electronic DNA sequencing technology promises fast, cheap results
30 June 2011
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Is There a Way to Predict 'Random Violence' in War?
Follow-up attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan fit a mathematical pattern
6 June 2011
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Bat Hibernation Keeps Rabies Going
Mathematical model helps researchers understand how virus spreads
13 May 2011
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Controversial Computer Is at Least a Little Quantum Mechanical
But skepticism of system remains
6 May 2011
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Podcast: Altruistic Robots, Surprised Dogs, and Armadillos With Leprosy
Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week
3 May 2011
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Even Robots Can Be Heroes
Simulation demonstrates why we take risks for others
29 April 2011
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Computer Algorithm May Speed Drug Discovery
Method could simplify quest for new HIV and cancer therapies
7 April 2011
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Virtual Whiskers Probe Sense of Touch
Computer simulation of rat whiskers could help scientists explain how our fingers feel
6 April 2011
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ScienceShot: Now That's a Big Number
Researchers calculate how much information the world's business computer servers process each year
23 March 2011
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Pioneer of High-Dimensional Spaces Wins Abel Prize
John Milnor honored with "Nobel of mathematics"
22 March 2011
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How a Dinosaur Is Like a Vacuum Cleaner
Sauropods used their long necks to suck up food
7 March 2011
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Memristors Make Fast Work of Mazes
Electronic devices could test multiple potential escape routes at the same time
20 February 2011
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Live @ AAAS - Olaf Blanke and Jose del R. Millan on Robotics (Transcript)
Olaf Blanke and Jose del R. Millan discuss research on developing a brain-computer interface system.
4 February 2011
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What Did George Washington Really Look Like?
Computer analysis allows researchers to reconstruct pre-photography faces
29 November 2010
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ScienceShot: Shaving a Diamond
Computer simulation reveals why it's possible to cut the world's hardest material
14 November 2010
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Can Google Predict the Stock Market?
New analysis shows connection between search terms and stock market activity
4 November 2010
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Brain Zaps Improve Math
Electrically stimulating a brain region may enhance counting, other abilities
3 November 2010
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ScienceShot: Destroy Earth From the Comfort of Your Computer
New Web site allows users to send comets and asteroids hurtling toward our planet
25 October 2010
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Robot 'Hands' Write Without Fingers
Grain-filled sacks help robots get a grip on cumbersome objects
18 October 2010
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A Video Tribute to Benoît Mandelbrot
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Mandelbrot set in less than 3 minutes
8 October 2010
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At the Smallest Scale, Water Is a Sloppy Liquid
Complex shapes and interactions could explain why H2O is fundamental to life
10 September 2010
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How to Train Your Robot (to Lie)
Researchers create fibbing machines in lab
8 September 2010
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Early Warning for Endangered Species?
Experiment suggests that it may be possible to predict when extinction becomes inevitable
8 September 2010
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New Model Predicts Complications in Preemies
Data from bedside monitors forecast which premature infants will suffer serious illnesses
19 August 2010
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Fields Medals, Other Top Math Prizes, Awarded
Awards recognize advances in areas pure and applied
16 August 2010
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Lessons From Skipping Stones Could Improve Aircraft Safety
Researchers develop model that reveals what happens when a stone skips across the water
12 August 2010
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Astronomical Find by Three Average Joes
Number-crunching by home computers has revealed a rare, fast-spinning pulsar
11 August 2010
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How Tiny Drips Can Crumble a Building
Mathematical model tracks movement of groundwater through stone
4 August 2010
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Video Game Helps Solve Protein Structures
"Human computers" outwit a supercomputer in solving a tricky biological problem
4 August 2010
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These Materials Can't Be Stretched Thin
Auxetic materials get fatter when you pull on them
30 July 2010
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ScienceShot: How Locusts Are Like Magnets
Math helps explain how a cloud of locusts is able to suddenly shift direction
30 July 2010
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Curbing Domestic Violence in Chickens
New research could help poultry farmers stop their hens from tearing each other to pieces
28 July 2010
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The Physics of a Rolling Rubber Band
Researchers model what happens when a rubber band rolls downhill
29 June 2010
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The Mathematics of Menopause
Study reveals why only a few species stop reproducing as they get older
17 June 2010
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New Dates for Egypt's Pharaohs
Study combines techniques to deliver a more precise chronology for Ancient Egypt
16 June 2010
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Goooal! Scientists Score in Ranking Soccer Stars
Clues from Facebook and other social networks help researchers determine the best players
28 May 2010
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Does a Country's Dirt Determine Its Destiny?
Quality of soil and climate predicts a region's prosperity, according to a provocative new model
21 May 2010
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Life’s Pageant Not So Rich
There might be only one-tenth as many bug species as once estimated
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