NASA Pi Day Challenge: Celebrate the Mathematical Marvel With Stellar Math Problems
Pi Day is a day for people to celebrate and appreciate the importance of pi in our lives, and is often marked by various events…
Pi Day is a day for people to celebrate and appreciate the importance of pi in our lives, and is often marked by various events…
Mathematical research from the University of Bath in the United Kingdom has shed new light on the formation and behavior of crowds. Have you ever…
A group of researchers from the University of Waterloo has created a new method for scheduling treatments for heterogeneous tumors. Researchers at the University of…
According to a recent paper by a math professor at the University of Arkansas, the existence of life on Earth provides proof that abiogenesis is…
Caltech mathematicians Alex Dunn and Maksym Radziwill finally prove “Patterson’s conjecture.” A perplexing feature of numbers first stumbled upon by German mathematician Ernst Kummer has…
A new study leverages math in improving commonly used exposure therapy to overcome fear. New fear and exposure therapy research provides fundamental “Newtonian physics” to…
It’s difficult to imagine that three random words have the power to both map the globe and protect your private data. The secret behind this…
You’re probably familiar with moiré patterns, the large-scale interference patterns known in mathematics, physics, and art. They are created by overlaying one ruled opaque pattern…
Machine learning algorithm points to problems in mathematical theory for interpreting microlenses. Artificial intelligence (AI) systems trained on real astronomical observations now surpass astronomers in…
Social science researchers at the University of Tübingen develops a statistical method for separating different levels of influence. In the subjects of science and technology,…
Quantum information theory: Quantum complexity grows linearly for an exponentially long time. Physicists know about the huge chasm between quantum physics and the theory of…
Zebra mbuna (a species of cichlid fish) and stingrays can add and subtract one from the numbers one to five, according to a study published…
Modeling High-Harmonic Generation Without Resorting to Perturbation Theory An advanced mathematical model that can describe high-energy interactions between light and matter has been developed by…
Today we are taking Pi beyond the sky – stop by your nearest bakery or serve up a nice slice as we celebrate Pi Day! …
From sunflowers to starfish, symmetry appears everywhere in biology. This isn’t just true for body plans – the molecular machines keeping our cells alive are…
A mathematical analysis helps illuminate the puzzle over how information escapes from a black hole. A RIKEN physicist and two colleagues have found that a…
To celebrate Pi Day, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is serving up a series of science and engineering questions related to some of the agency’s Earth…
How can Einstein’s theory of gravity be unified with quantum mechanics? It is a challenge that could give us deep insights into phenomena such as…