Schrödinger’s Bewilderment – Quantum Theory Needs Complex Numbers
Physicists construct theories to describe nature. Let us explain it through an analogy with something that we can do in our everyday life, like going…
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Why Teapots Always Drip – Scientists Finally Explain the “Teapot Effect”
Scientists at TU Wien answer an age-old question: How can the so-called “teapot effect” be explained? The “teapot effect” has been threatening spotless white tablecloths…
Pythagoras’ Revenge: Humans Didn’t Invent Mathematics, It’s What the Physical World Is Made Of
Many people think that mathematics is a human invention. To this way of thinking, mathematics is like a language: it may describe real things in…
Physicist Quantifies Amount of Information in Entire Visible Universe
Estimate measures information encoded in particles, opens door to practical experiments. Researchers have long suspected a connection between information and the physical universe, with various…
Intuition Often Lets Us Down – How To Use Probability and Statistics To Find the Real Answers
Much of our thinking is flawed because it is based on faulty intuition, says Professor Leighton Vaughan Williams. But by using the framework and tools…
New Model Stanford Researchers Points to Solution to Global Blood Shortage
A mathematical model of the body’s interacting physiological and biochemical processes shows that it may be more effective to replace red blood cell transfusion with…
Biophysics Researchers Create Mathematical Model That Predicts Best Way To Build Muscle
Researchers have developed a mathematical model that can predict the optimum exercise regime for building muscle. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, used methods…
MIT Mathematicians Solve an Old Geometry Problem on Equiangular Lines
How many lines can be pairwise separated by the same angle in high dimensions? Geometry breakthrough gives new insights into spectral graph theory. Equiangular lines…
A Centuries-Old Physics Mystery? Solved
Technion researchers have found an effective solution to the famous age-old, three-body problem in physics. The three-body problem is one of the oldest problems in…
A Team of Mathematicians and Physicists Discover How Apples Get Their Shapes
Using theory and experiments, researchers show how apples get their distinct cusp-like features. Apples are among the oldest and most recognizable fruits in the world….
Can We See Quantum Nonlocality at the Macroscopic Scale?
Scientists from the University of Vienna and the Austrian Academy of Sciences have shown that it is possible to fully preserve the mathematical structure of…
Physicists Build Mathematical “Playground” To Study Quantum Information Theory
In a new study from Skoltech and the University of Kentucky, researchers found a new connection between quantum information and quantum field theory. This work…
Framework for Engineering Living Cells Inspired by the Math That Describes How Bubbles Form in a Glass of Champagne
Theory of Bubbles Lifts Cell Biology Into a New, More Quantitative Era A study published on September 22, 2021, in the journal Nature details how…
A Mathematical Equation Can Uncover Your Preferences via Brain Activity and Mood
A mathematical equation can assess how you feel about experiences using your mood and brain activity. People can struggle to accurately assess how they feel…
New Quantum Algorithm Directly Calculates the Energy Difference of Atoms and Molecules
Osaka City University creates a general quantum algorithm, executable on quantum computers, which calculates molecular energy differences without considering relevant total energies. As newly reported…
Astrophysicist Derives New Mathematical Solutions to an Old Problem in Astronomy
The Bernese theoretical astrophysicist Kevin Heng has achieved a rare feat: On paper, he has derived novel solutions to an old mathematical problem needed to…
The Perfect Shape? Research Finally Reveals Ancient Universal Equation for the Shape of an Egg
Researchers from the University of Kent, the Research Institute for Environment Treatment, and Vita-Market Ltd have discovered the universal mathematical formula that can describe any…
Women’s Equality Day: Celebrating NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson’s Legacy
West Virginia native and NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson would turn 103 this year on the same day as Women’s Equality Day, and many of those…
