A Classic Model for Ecological Stability Revised, 40 Years Later
February 19, 2012 — A famous mathematical formula which shook the world of ecology 40 years ago has been revisited and ... > full story
Motherhood 'Detrimental' to Women's Scientific Careers, Study Concludes
February 14, 2012 — Women with advanced degrees in math-intensive academic fields drop out of fast-track research careers primarily because they want children – not because their performance is devalued or they ... > full story: The Educational Gift That Keeps on Giving?
February 10, 2012 — Cancer risks. Investment alternatives. Calories. Numbers are everywhere in daily life, and they figure into all sorts of decisions. A new article examines how people who are numerate -- that's like ... > full story
Fall of Communism Changed Mathematics in US
February 7, 2012 — The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1992 brought an influx of Soviet mathematicians to US institutions, and those scholars' differing areas of specialization have changed the way math is studied and ... > full story
Predicting System Crashes in Nature and Society
February 2, 2012 — The world can deliver sudden and nasty shocks. Economies can crash, fisheries can collapse, and climates can pass tipping points. Providing early warning of such changes currently requires the ... > full story-
Computing: Improving Security in the Cloud
December 15, 2011 — New encryption research may lead to improved data security, even for operations performed on remote ... > full 
Patterns Seen in Spider Silk and Melodies Connected
December 8, 2011 — Using a new mathematical methodology, researchers have created a scientifically rigorous analogy showing the similarities between the physical structure of spider silk and the sonic structure of a ... >full story
Computer Simulations Shed Light on the Physics of Rainbows
December 6, 2011 — Computer scientists who set out to simulate all rainbows found in nature, wound up answering questions about the physics of rainbows as well. The scientists recreated a wide variety of rainbows by ... > full storyFuture Prostate Cancer Treatments Might Be Guided by Math
November 21, 2011 — Scientists have designed a first draft of a mathematical model that someday could guide treatment decisions for advanced prostate cancer, in part by helping doctors predict how individual patients ... > full story
Big, Little, Tall and Tiny: Learning Spatial Terms Improves Children's Spatial Skills
November 9, 2011 — Preschool children who hear their parents describe the size and shape of objects and then use those words themselves perform better on tests of their spatial skills, researchers have found. The study ... > full story
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