Abstract Mathematical Noodling Leads to New Insights Into an Old Fusion Problem
A challenge to creating fusion energy on Earth is trapping the charged gas known as plasma that fuels fusion reactions within a strong magnetic field…
A challenge to creating fusion energy on Earth is trapping the charged gas known as plasma that fuels fusion reactions within a strong magnetic field…
New modeling of Typhus infections in the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII reveals how public health interventions eradicated the disease. Through state-of-the-art mathematical modeling and historical…
The ancient Greek philosopher was on to something, researchers found. Plato, the Greek philosopher who lived in the 5th century B.C.E., believed that the universe…
Researchers from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) discovered and theoretically explained a new physical effect: amplitude of mechanical vibrations can grow without…
Herd immunity to COVID-19 could be achieved with fewer people being infected than previously estimated according to new research. Mathematicians from the University of Nottingham…
A Gravity Assist Primer The “gravity assist” concept has proven fundamental to exploring our “back yard” — the solar system. The technique has even been…
Some people look at an equation and see a bunch of numbers and symbols; others see beauty. Thanks to a new tool created at Carnegie…
A new study from researchers at The University of Texas at Austin has found that some antivirals are useful for more than helping sick people…
Mathematical modeling shows that release from lockdown in two steps is optimal for society as a whole, while suddenly releasing everyone is a high-risk strategy….
Dr. Kerin is only the second Irish mathematician to have a published article in the Annals of Mathematics. An Irish mathematician, Dr. Martin Kerin, from…
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a mathematical formula that, computer simulations suggest, could help 5G and other wireless…
Research reveals asymmetry in spin directions of galaxies and suggests the early universe could have been spinning. An analysis of more than 200,000 spiral galaxies…
A Bristol academic has achieved a milestone in statistical/mathematical physics by solving a 100-year-old physics problem – the discrete diffusion equation in finite space. The…
A staple in every science classroom is the periodic table of elements, and for many it is their first introduction to the vast mysteries of…
As of late May, COVID-19 has killed more than 325,000 people around the world. Even though the worst seems to be over for countries like…
Algorithm Quickly Simulates a Roll of Loaded Dice The fast and efficient generation of random numbers has long been an important challenge. For centuries, games…
Despite physical isolation because of the COVID pandemic, MIT mathematicians build one-stop portal to online talks around the world. One of the perks of an…
COVID-19 has brought calculus, statistics and probability theory into our daily lives. Some of us might have been happy to leave mathematics behind in high…